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Islamic and Indian Art

26 October 2020 | starting at 11:00 GMT

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A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th Century

A Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th Century

A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script, comprising two couplets from a ghazal of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani Persia, late 16th Century

Muhammad bin Abdu'l-Khaliq bin Ma'ruf, Kanz al-Lughat, an Arabic–Persian dictionary (composed circa AH 870/AD 1465–66), copied by ibn Shaykh Ruhi, Shaykh 'Abdullah Khalkhali Persia, dated Tuesday Muharram 1095/20th [?] December 1683

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a prince enthroned, surrounded by courtiers and musicians Persia, 16th Century

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with courtiers Persia, 16th Century

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a hunting scene with wild beasts Persia, 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Sharaf-nameh, the fifth book of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Dara in battle with Iskandar's army Persia, 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Risalah Hatamiyyah of Kamal al-Din Husayn Kashefi Sabzavari, depicting a story concerning the famous generosity of the Arab prince Hatam-e Tai Persia, 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript in prose Persia, 16th Century

A large album of leaves from dispersed manuscripts of the Qur'an, written in eastern kufic, thuluth, muhaqqaq and naskhi scripts, and calligraphic specimen pages Persia, 12th-14th Century

An album of calligraphy in concertina form, copied by 'Ali Reza Persia, dated AH 982/AD 1574-75

Inba' al-Istifa' fi-haqq aba' al-Mustafa, a religious treatise concerning the ancestry of the Prophet Muhammad, by Muhyi al-Din Muhammad bin al-Khatib al-Amasi, better known as al-Khatib Qasim (Muhyiddin Mehmed Hatibzade) Ottoman Turkey, at madrasa Ayasofya, Constantinople, copied by the scribe 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmed, during the reign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (reg. 1520 -66), dated 10th Rajab 936/10th March 1530

A calligraphic composition consisting of the nada 'Ali quatrain in the form of a lion Deccan, 18th Century

Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th Century(2)

An illuminated Qur'an North India, late 17th/early 18th Century

Sa'di, Gulistan, copied by Faqir Jan Muhammad North India, late 17th/early 18th Century

An impressive lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 58 illustrations, by the scribe Muhammad Ibrahim Port of Bombay, published through Muhammad Aqa Baqir, in the print house of 'Abd al-Ghafur, known as Dadu Miyan ibn Muhammad 'Abdullah Dahayili, dated the first day of Jumadi II 1272/8th February 1856

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Saidawi[?], a pupil of 'Ali al-Wasfi al-Istanbuli Ottoman, provincial, dated AH 1254/AD 1838-39

An illuminated Qur'an, Husain al-Zahidi, a pupil of Ahmad al-Nazifi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH [1]269/AD 1852-53

An illuminated Qur'an copied by 'Uthman Sa'di, a pupil of Khalil Safi Ottoman, provincial, AH 1297/AD 1879-80

A large calligraphic composition comprising four panels in thuluth script, copied by 'Abd al-Hamid Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96

A hilyeh (the attributes of the Prophet), signed by the scribe Muhammad Turkey, dated AH 1390/AD 1970-71

A small illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Hasan 'Ali Beg and copied by Muhammad Sadiq Qajar Persia, dated AH 1217/ AD 1802-03

An attractive small manuscript copy of Maktabi Shirazi's Layla va Majnun, with twelve illustrations Qajar Persia, late 19th Century, ownership inscriptions dated Ramadan 1299/July-August 1882

A calligraphic composition in nasta'liq script Persia, 19th Century

Two Qajar albums of calligraphic compositions, mostly written in shikasteh Persia, mostly second half of the 19th Century(2)

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th Century

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th Century

Six calligraphic album pages in shikasteh, including two attributed to 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani, known as Darvish Persia, 18th-19th Century

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955), Iran, 20th Century

Khusraw Parviz with an assembly of courtiers and servants, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955) Iran, 20th Century

Two demon musicians on a composite camel, led by a third demon Qajar Persia, signed by Sattar Tabrizi, second half of the 19th Century

A bird perched in a rose bush, with butterflies round about (Gul-o Bulbul), signed by Muhammad 'Ali Qajar Persia, dated [1]273/AD 1856-57

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hashem al-Isfahani, known as Zargar Persia, dated AH 1170/AD 1756-57

A small illuminated Qur'an Persia, late 18th/early 19th Century

A fine prayer book, beginning with du'a' al-'alawi (The 'Alawi Prayer), and ending with dua' sayfi (The Sayfi Prayer), commissioned by, or in the library of Ihtisham al-Dawlah, governor and military commander Qajar Persia, circa AH 1253/AD 1837-38

A book of prayers to be recited after each daily prayer, copied by Muhammad Hashim, illuminated later by the order of Mustashar al-Mulk Persia, text dated AH 1199/AD 1784-85, illuminated in AH 1287/AD 1870-71

An album in concertina form, comprising fourteen pages from a manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz written in fine shikasteh, in the manner of Darvish 'Abd al-Majid Persia, 18th/19th Century

A concertina album with eleven leaves of calligraphy in naskhi script, and five paintings, including two views of palaces Qajar Persia, early 19th Century, some leaves dated AH 1187/AD 1773-74 and AH 1205/AD 1790-91

A fine large siyah mashq (calligraphic exercise) in nasta'liq script, signed by Muhammad Isma'il Gulpaygani Persia, at Gulpaygan, dated dhi'l-qa'adah 1092/December 1681-January 1682

Two leaves from a manuscript of poetry, with illustrations depicting the Mir'aj, and a scene of pupils with a scholar Qajar Persia, late 19th Century(2)

A large illuminated Qur'an leaf, framed together with a small painting of Imam 'Ali Qajar Persia, mid/late 19th Century

Two illuminated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an North India, 16th-17th Century(2)

Sa'di, Kulliyat, poetry, copied by 'Abd al-Karim al-Tabataba'i Qajar Persia, begun in AH 1267/AD 1850-51, completed on Rabi' II 1268/January-February 1852

Abu'l-Majd Majdud bin Adam Sana'i Ghaznavi, better known as Sana'i, Muntakhab-i Hadiqa, an abridged version of the Hadiqa al-haqiqa by Sana'i, copied by Mirza Husayn al-Musawi, presented to Sayf al-Sultan by Mir Ma'sum 'Ali al-Musawi Persia, dated 14th Safar 1221/3rd May 1806

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