Manuscripts of the Muslim World

These handwritten books and paintings in the Rare Book Department come from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia and were made between 1000 and 1900. Browse a sampling of religious texts, calligraphic poetry, literary illustrations, and court portraits.

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Leaf from Nizami's Khamsah, Khusraw Visiting Shirin
Leaf from Nizami's Khamsah, Bahram Gur Hunting, Reverse
Leaf from Nizami's Khamsah, Bahram Gur Hunting
Painting of a Queen with Two Attendants
Painting of a Haloed Woman Praying with a Book
Copy of an Unidentified European Painting of an Old Man Blessing a Boy Surrounded by Women
Portrait Line-Drawing of Saadat Ali Khan I on a Black Background
Portrait of Khwaja Nasrullah Wearing a Fur Scarf
Portrait of Ikhlas Khan Wearing Yellow Boots
Fragment of a Foliate Design Pounced in Dark Chalk
Portrait of a Woman in a Yellow Gown on a Black-Painted Sky
Portrait of a Woman Reclining on an Orange Cushion with a Hookah
Portrait of Farrukhsiyar on a Terrace, with Elaborate Borders
Portrait of Bahadur Shah Holding a Jewel
Portrait of Abdullah Khan
Painting of Shah Jahan on His Balcony at Court
Painting of Shah Jahan with His Court
Portrait of a Woman with Her Pet Deer
Portrait of Dilir Khan
Portrait of Safdar Khan