Important persian universal history. The Habib al-Siyar is a general historical treatise, notably dealing with the reigns of Sultan Husayn Bayqara ...

From the monastery of saint anthony. This volume bears witness to a very specific monastery in Egypt known as the Monastery of Saint Anthony, in th...

An authentic Emarati manuscript. A very rare manuscript described in the colophon as being copied in the 'Al-Wasl' area in the western provinces of...

Copied for a regional king. A very handsome and clean example of a regional Qur'an, produced for a local ruler named 'Malik Muhammad bin Muhammad'....

From the court of Shah Tahmasp. An exceptional qur'anic juz with calligraphy attributed to the court calligrapher to Shah Tahmasp, Ahmad Al-Khalili...

Christian missionaries in calcutta. Rare edition of Pococke's Arabic translation of the Book of Common Prayer, first published in Oxford in 1674. T...

Notably early Hafez manuscript. Hafez Shirazi (1315-1390 AD) is considered one of the greatest of the Persian Poets, whose immensely popular poetry...

A monumental Indian Shahnameh with 17 large scale miniatures in the textThis Shahnameh presents a rare example of early eighteenth century manuscr...

Copied only 23 years after the author's death. An exceptionally early manuscript example of the well-known medieval Islamic allegorical love story ...

Commissioned for fath 'ali shah qajar. A fine Qajar Qur'an copied for Fath 'Ali Shah by a royal scribe of the Qajar courts. The scribe Muhammad 'Al...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...