EditorialHistory of Spain. Battle of river Salado (30 october 1340). The King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco and the Nasrid ruler Yusuf I of the Kingdom of Granada. Ninete...
EditorialIslamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al-'Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of 'Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm. al-Ma'la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda.
EditorialHistory of Spain. Battle of river Salado (30 october 1340). The King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco and the Nasrid ruler Yusuf I of the Kingdom of Granada. Ninete...
EditorialHistory of Spain. Battle of river Salado (30 october 1340). The King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco and the Nasrid ruler Yusuf I of the Kingdom of Granada. Ninete...
EditorialImam Ja'far Sadiq and al-Hasan. Majalis al-'Ushshaq of Sultan Husayn Mirza. Shiraz, Iran, 1590-1600. Imam Ja'far Sadiq (haloed) embracing the youthful al-Hasan in a landscape, surrounded by several onlookers. A miniature painting from a sixteenth centu...
EditorialInkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
EditorialLong-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes, 11th century, Made in Iran, possibly Khurasan, High-tin bronze alloy; cast, chased, and drilled, H. 25 1/8 (63.8 cm) , Metal, Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Naqqash, The most interesting...
EditorialTombstone of Abu Sa'd ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Hasan Karwaih, dated A.H. 545/A.D. 1150, Attributed to Iran, Yazd, Marble; carved, painted, H. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm), Stone, Ahmad ibn Muhammad Astak.
EditorialInkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
EditorialIslamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al-'Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of 'Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm. al-Ma'la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda.
EditorialHistory of Spain. Battle of river Salado (30 october 1340). The King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinid dynasty of Morocco and the Nasrid ruler Yusuf I of the Kingdom of Granada. Ninete...