EditorialAlbum of Photographs of Views of the Interior of the Ottoman Military Museum in the Former Church of St. Irene, Constantinople, 1891, Turkish, Albumen prints, paper, leather, textile, gold, L. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); H. 13 in. (33.0 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6....
EditorialInterior of unidentified room with numerous minor chandeliers, Abdullah Fr?res (Armenian, active 1860s - 1890s), about 1865?1875, Albumen silver print.
EditorialMohammed leading Moslems at prayer at the Kaaba is attacked by the pagan Qorashi Abu Jahl. Illumination from the Turkish epic Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet. Istanbul, 1595. The Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, c...
EditorialMecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.
EditorialSultan Abdullah Qutb Shah (1614-74) on Horseback, c. 1635. Southern India, Golconda. Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders;.
EditorialBust of Said Abdullah of the Darfour People. Charles Henri Joseph Cordier; French, 1827-1905; Cast by: Eck et Durand Fondeur; French, 19th century. Date: 1848. Dimensions: H. 82.5 cm (32 1/2 in.) (with socle) H. 71.3 cm (28 1/8 in.) (without socle). B...
EditorialPortrait of Sultan Abdullah, son of Sultan Muhammad-Quli; after his father he ruled Golconda. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1686. Place: Golkonda. Measurements: h 203 mm ? w 140 mm.
EditorialThe ‘jarga’ in which game was brought up in a circle to be hunted (1507). (‘Abdullah). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (most...
EditorialAbu ‘Abdullah Mahdi Bavardi made an apprentice by Abu Hafz, the blacksmith, burnt his hand when distracted by a blind man. By Hiranand. Nafahat al-uns by Jami. 1605. Opaque watercolour. Source: Or.1362 f.39v.
EditorialThe ‘jarga’ in which game was brought up in a circle to be hunted (1507). (‘Abdullah). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (most...
EditorialA double decorated frontispiece of the Hikayat Abdullah, the autobiography of Abdullah ibn Abdul Kadir Munsyi, lithographed at the Mission Press in Singapore, 1849. Hikayat Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi. Singapore, 1849. Source: ORB 30/445, pp.1-2. L...
EditorialThe sacking of Isfahan. A scene of looting, murder and pillage in which molten metal is poured down a victim's throat. Timurnama. Bukhara, Iran, mid 16th century. The sacking of Isfahan. Scene of looting, murder and pillage in which molten metal is pou...
EditorialA manual containing suras from the Qur'an and prayers. Date/Period: 1779. Ink, colours and gold on paper. Height: 161 mm (6.33 in); Width: 110 mm (4.33 in).
EditorialMecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...
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...
EditorialAlbum of Photographs of Views of the Interior of the Ottoman Military Museum in the Former Church of St. Irene, Constantinople, 1891, Turkish, Albumen prints, paper, leather, textile, gold, L. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); H. 13 in. (33.0 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6....
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...
EditorialMecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey.
EditorialMuhammad at the Kaaba. Illumination from the Turkish epic Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet. Istanbul, 1595. Hazine 1222, folio 151b The Siyer-i Nebi is a Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad, completed around 1388, written by Mustafa s...
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...