
Arts of the Islamic World & India
3 November - 10 November 2026 • London

1. An Ottoman Silk Calligraphic Tomb Cover, Turkey, 17th century

2. An illuminated Qur'an leaf in gold Kufic script, Near East, 10th century

3. A richly illuminated book of prayers including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, copied by Osman known as Damad Ibrahim al-'Afif (known as Osman 'the Mad'), Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1210 AH/1795-96 AD

4. An illuminated Qur'an commissioned for the director of the Prophet's Mosque, Medina, copied by Mehmed Rasikh al-Bursawi, Medina, Ottoman, dated 12 Dhu'l Qa'da 1269 AH/17 August 1853 AD
![An illuminated volume from a four-part Qur'an in Andalusi script on vellum, Spain or North Africa, dated [7]13 AH/1[3]13 AD](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f19dc23/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2000x1499+0+0/resize/150x112!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F4c%2Fe7%2F840b7e2d4857bd8572d12ce3b3bb%2Fl26223-dq5kf-t1-01-enh.jpg)
5. An illuminated volume from a four-part Qur'an in Andalusi script on vellum, Spain or North Africa, dated [7]13 AH/1[3]13 AD

6. An illuminated Qur'an bifolium in Maghribi script, North Africa or Spain, 12th/13th century

7. A carved wooden Qur'an stand, South East Asia, 19th century

8. Three inscribed and decorated wooden writing boards, Nigeria, West Africa, late 19th/early 20th century

9. An illuminated Qur'an juz' in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, circa 825 AD

10. A rare silver openwork and repoussé incense burner, Spain, 11th century

11. Muhammad ibn Idris ibn Malik al-Qalawusi (1307-8 AD), Al-khitam al-mafdud 'an khalasat 'ilm al-'arud (The Final Conclusion in the Summary of the Study of Prosody), Andalusia, dated 20 Ramadan 740 AH/27 March 1340 AD

12. Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari al-Ja'fi (d.870 AD), Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. seven, Tunisia, dated 2 Shawwal 860 AH/11 September 1456 AD

13. A Nasrid silk lampas fragment, Spain, late 15th century

14. A large Hispano-Moresque lustre pottery bowl, Spain, Valencia, Manises, circa 1425

15. A Hispano-Moresque pottery albarello, Spain, Valencia, Manises or Paterna, circa 1425-50
![Abu al-Muna Dawud ibn Abi Nasr known as al-Kuhin al-'Attar al-Isra'ili al-Haruni (fl. 658 AH/1260-61 AD) Minhaj al-dukkan wa dustur al-a'yan fi'l-tibb wa'l-saydalah (The Management of [Apothecary] and Regulations of Important Matters in Medicine and Pharmaceutics), Algeria, 18th century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/302ab5d/2147483647/strip/false/crop/5360x5360+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Ff1%2F67%2F20be74f84b5ab8bb2bc2f42616be%2Fl26223-dpc53-t2-03.jpg)
16. Abu al-Muna Dawud ibn Abi Nasr known as al-Kuhin al-'Attar al-Isra'ili al-Haruni (fl. 658 AH/1260-61 AD) Minhaj al-dukkan wa dustur al-a'yan fi'l-tibb wa'l-saydalah (The Management of [Apothecary] and Regulations of Important Matters in Medicine and Pharmaceutics), Algeria, 18th century

17. Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn Sa'id ibn 'Umar al-Umawi al-Dani (d.1053 AD), al-Taysir fi'l-Qira'at al-Sab' (The Facilitation of the Seven Readings), Near East, dated 683 AH/1284-85 AD

18. An early text on Al-Furusiyyah and Al-Baytara (Horsemanship and Veterinary Medicine), probably Iraq, Abbasid, early 13th century

19. An important Abbasid or Tulunid relief-moulded pottery dish, signed by Abu Nasr al-Basri, Egypt, 9th century

20. A Fatimid carved rock crystal molar flask, Egypt or Syria, 9th/10th century

21. Abu Muhammad Al-Qasim ibn Ali Muhammad ibn Uthman Al-Hariri (d.1122), also known as al-Hariri al-Basri, Al-Maqamat, Near East, dated 675 AH/1276-77 AD

22. A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass bowl with cupbearer's blazons, probably made for an officer of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun, Egypt, circa 1340

23. A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass candlestick, Egypt or Syria, 14th century

24. A large Karamanid engraved brass jug, Anatolia, 14th century

25. Sharaf al-Din Abu 'Abdullah Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Busiri (d. 1296-97 AD): Al-kawakib durriya fi madh khayr al-burriya (Qasida al-Burda), copied by Sudun, Egypt, Mamluk, early 16th century

26. A 'Veneto-Saracenic' silver-inlaid brass incense burner, attributable to Mahmud al-Kurdi, East Mediterranean, second half 15th century

27. A compendium of four Hanbali texts by Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, Mamluk, last quarter 14th century

28. An illuminated Qur'an juz' (XIII), copied by Muhammad ibn Nasrullah al-Muwarrikhi, Egypt, Mamluk, 14th century
![Shihab al-Din Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Rajab ibn Taybugha known as Ibn al-Majdi (d.1447 AD), Irshad al-ha'ir ila takhtit fadl al-da'ir (Guide to the Right Path for the Perplexed in Drawing [Lines] of Surplus of Turn), copied by Ahmad ibn Husayn al-'Abbasi for Amir Sudun ibn Zadeh, Cairo, Egypt, Mamluk, dated 4 Shawwal 882 AH/17 January 1478 AD](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/30e852b/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/150x150!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F49%2F59%2F99aa63414904bbb08461776aa85d%2Fl26223-dqwf3-t2-grouped-02.jpg)
29. Shihab al-Din Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Rajab ibn Taybugha known as Ibn al-Majdi (d.1447 AD), Irshad al-ha'ir ila takhtit fadl al-da'ir (Guide to the Right Path for the Perplexed in Drawing [Lines] of Surplus of Turn), copied by Ahmad ibn Husayn al-'Abbasi for Amir Sudun ibn Zadeh, Cairo, Egypt, Mamluk, dated 4 Shawwal 882 AH/17 January 1478 AD

30. Salah al-Din Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud Qadi-Zada al-Rumi (d. circa 1140), Sharh ashkal al-ta'sis, (A Commentary On The Elements Of Geometry), Persia, Timurid, dated 15 Rabi' I 863 AH/28 January 1459 AD
![An important Ilkhanid brass astrolabe, signed by Muhammad ibn Mahmud [ibn Ali al-Tabari], Persia, late thirteenth century](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b47cd47/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1499x2000+0+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2F69%2F34%2Fd781220246d8a3197ba085a7e47c%2Fl26223-cxsyh-t1-07.jpg)
31. An important Ilkhanid brass astrolabe, signed by Muhammad ibn Mahmud [ibn Ali al-Tabari], Persia, late thirteenth century

32. A near-pair of silver-inlaid high-tin bronze footed dishes, Khurasan, early 13th century

33. A turquoise and gem-set gold pectoral, Central Asia, Golden Horde, 14th century

34. A large Timurid turquoise and black underglaze-painted pottery dish, Persia, circa 1450

35. A Timurid tinned copper dish, Persia, circa 1500

36. Yusuf Mevlevi Qirshahri (Kirshehri), Risala-i musiqi, a treatise on music, autograph copy, probably Kirshehir, Karamanid, Jumada I 813 AH/September-October 1410 AD

37. An illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Ali ibn Mas'ud ibn 'Ali known as Zayn al-Din al-Katib al-Kashi, Persia, Timurid, dated Rajab 898 AH/April-May 1493 AD

38. Sad Kalima (The Hundred Sayings of Imam 'Ali), written in gold, Persia, Timurid, circa 1400

39. Amir Khosraw Dehlavi (d.1324 AD), Khamsa, copied by Muhammad Husayn ibn Haji Muhammad al-Harawi, Khurasan or Bukhara, completed in 12 Rabi' II 967 AH/20 January 1560 AD

40. An illustrated double-sided folio from the Nahj al-Faradis: recto with 'To the First Heaven', verso with 'Prophet Muhammad meets the Prophet Adam', Herat, Timurid, circa 1466

41. An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam catches Afrasiyab, Persia, Safavid, 16th century

42. An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam capturing the Khaqan of Chin, Persia, Safavid, 16th century

43. Three Safavid illustrated folios from the Khamsa of Nizami, Persia, Shiraz, circa 1560

44. A Safavid cuerda seca pottery tile, Persia, 17th century

45. A Karabagh 'Blossom' gallery carpet, South East Caucasus, 18th century

46. A Qajar human-form lacquer figurine, signed by Muhammad 'Ali Hakim Bashi, Persia, dated 1271 AH/1854-55 AD

47. Mahdi, known as Kuchak, ibn Nasr ibn Hasan al-Tabib Rashti, an illustrated anatomical text, Persia, Qajar, 19th century

48. A Safavid brass torchstand (shamdan), Persia, Safavid, 17th century