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Folio of calligraphy
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Folio of calligraphy

Mir 'Imad al-Hasani (d. 1615)
1608–09
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 31.8 × 20 cm (12 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.122
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York; 1929, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel to the MFA for $5000.00 (total price for 29.56-136). (Accession Date: January 3, 1929)
Leather binding
Bound section (juz' 24) of a 30-volume Qur'an
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1339 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Volume 13
Bound section (juz' 13) of a 30-volume Qur'an
'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Fadlallah ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Qadi al-Qazvini
1338 A.D./ 739 A.H.
Mother and Child Reclining
Mother and Child Reclining
Mirza Muhammad al-Hasani
early 17th century
Page with calligraphy, Sura 20:4-8 of the Qur'an
Page with calligraphy, Sura 20:4-8 of the Qur'an
Yāqūt al-Musta‘ṣimī
late 13th-14th century
Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Page with illuminated calligraphy, Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad)
Yāqūt al-Musta‘ṣimī
14th–15th century
Page with illuminated calligraphy
Page with illuminated calligraphy
al-Sayyid Meḥmed Şeref bin ‘Abdu’r-Raḥīm Fá’iz
18th century
Illustrated manuscript of the Haft Manzar of Hatifi
Illustrated manuscript of the Haft Manzar of Hatifi
Fulad Muhammad b. Yar Muhammad al-Bukhari
Between 1589 and 1598
al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices": Device for Raising Water
al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices": Device for Raising Water
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Izmiri
February 1354 (Safar 755 A.H.)
Equestrian portrait of Nadir Shah Afshar
Equestrian portrait of Nadir Shah Afshar
Muhammad Ali ibn Abd al-Bayg ibn Ali Quli Jabbadar
about 1740– 45
al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices": The Reckoner's Bloodletting Basin
al-Jazari's "Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices": The Reckoner's Bloodletting Basin
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Izmiri
February 1354 A.D./Safar 755 A.H.
Firdawsi's "Shahnama":Meeting of Zal and Rudaba
Firdawsi's "Shahnama":Meeting of Zal and Rudaba
Qivam al-Din Hasan of Shiraz
1341
Firdawsi's Shahnama: Iskandar visits Queen Qaidafa of Andalucia
Firdawsi's Shahnama: Iskandar visits Queen Qaidafa of Andalucia
Qivam al-Din Hasan of Shiraz
1341