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Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript

Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript

Shadhi ibn Muhammad ibn Ayyub (1282–1342)
Aydughdi ibn 'Abdallah al-Badri (Mamluk, active about 1304–1335)
'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Rassam al-A'sar (Mamluk)
January 15, 1314 / 27 Ramadan 713
Object PlaceCairo, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueInk, lapis lazuli and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 34.5 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number39.793
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
InscriptionsRecto - Sura 33 [al-Ahzab, "The Confederates"], vv. 9-17 Verso - Sura 33 [ Al-Azhab, "The Confederates"], vv. 17-24 Provenance1939, sold by Kirkor Minassian (d. 1944), New York, to the MFA for $250.00. (Accession Date: December 14, 1939)
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.
Page from a Qur'an manuscript
Page from a Qur'an manuscript
Muḥammad ibn al-Waḥīd
about 1306–1311
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.)
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.
Image Not Available for Illuminated manuscript, "Mathnawi" (Spiritual Couplets) by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
Illuminated manuscript, "Mathnawi" (Spiritual Couplets) by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
Lutfullah ibn Mustafa
1697 (1108 Hijra)
Combination lock box
Combination lock box
Muhammad ibn Hamid al-Asturlabi al-Isfahani
1197 A.D./ 593 A.H.
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
Restricted: For reference only
Incense burner
Abu'l Munif ibn Ma'sud
early 13th century
Candlestick
Candlestick
Abu Bakr ibn Hajji Jaldak
1225 A.D. / A.H. 622
Page from a Gulistan of Sa'di with ornamental borders
Page from a Gulistan of Sa'di with ornamental borders
Sultan Muhammad
1525–40