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Ornamental Tughra of Sultan Mehmet V Reshad
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
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Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar
Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar
This firman (royal decree) is from Muhammad Shah Qajar (r. 1834-48). It is addressed to Mu`tamid al-Dawla, the governor of Isfahan; it transfers to Mirza Husayn Khan, the governo...
Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami
Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami
This small painting has been carefully, if unfortunately, cut from a manuscript page, preserving the pictorial elements that extended beyond the gold ruling. The opposite side of t...
Portrait of Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-1574), folio from an album
Portrait of Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-1574), folio from an album
This portrait of the Ottoman sultan Selim II (r. 1566-1575) represents the Ottoman portraiture tradition which began in the fifteenth century with likenesses of Mehmed II, followin...
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper...
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)
Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper...
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami
Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami
Makhzan al-asrar contains stories dealing with religious and moral values, worldly power, and spiritual concerns. This episode of Nizami’s poem tells of an old woman who complained...
Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.
Sultan Abdulhamid II hosting a dinner at Yildiz Palace, Istanbul. Halftone by C. Hentschel, 1895, after J. Nash.
Lettering: The Sultan entertaining guests at dinner in the Yildiz Palace The Sultan dines after the European fashion. Gold and silver candelabra and massive epergnes, with flowers ...