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Coin of Isma‘il bin Ahmad, Samarkand
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Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
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Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il
Malik Shah Rustam in the Presence of Shah Isma'il, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Tarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il
This is a folio with painting that has been detached from a manuscript of theTarikh-i `Alamara-yi Shah Isma`il. Four lines of Persian in nastal'iq script frame a painting of figure...
Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani
Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani
Within a thin gold frame are lines of Persian text written in blank ink and nasta’liq script. There are certain words and phrases highlight in larger text and in red or gold ink. T...
Illuminated page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani
Illuminated page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani
The top of the page features an illuminated chapter heading, consisting of a multi-lobed shape with radiating layers. Below it is a band with a gold cartouche flanked by a floral p...
Coin of Alpi
Coin of Alpi
The coin (dirham) belongs to the Artuqid ruler of Najm al-din Alpi (r.1154–1176). Obverse is inscribed with Najm al-Din / King of Diyar Bakr and shows facing Portraits of the ...
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Copied in naskh script by Ismail Bosnavi, these two facing folios (2002.50.119 and 2002.50.135) contain a hilye (Arabic hilya), or calligraphically rendered description in Arabic o...
Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition
Shah Isma'il on an Equestrian Hunting Expedition
This folio has been detached from a manuscript of the Tārikh-i ʿālamārā-yi Shāh Ismaʿīl (World-adorning History of Shah Ismaʿil). Seven lines of Persian in nastaliq script frame a ...
Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book
Dala'il al-Khayrat Prayer Book
Manuscript: Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Binding: Gilt tooled morocco...