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Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
30 September - 27 October 2020 • London

401. SELECTIONS FROM AL-GHAZALI'S IHYA ULUWM AL-DIN ('REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES'), IN 3 VOLUMES, MOROCCO, TWO VOLUMES DATED 721 AH/ 1321 AD

402. SEVEN LEAVES FROM A QUR’AN IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON PINK PAPER, NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, LATE 12TH/13TH CENTURY AD

404. A LARGE QUR'AN LEAF IN GOLD KUFIC SCRIPT ON BLUE VELLUM, ANDALUSIA, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH-10TH CENTURY AD

405. FIVE VOLUMES FROM A LARGE QUR'AN MANUSCRIPT, PROVINCIAL MAMLUK OR ILKHANID, 14TH CENTURY

406. SA‘D IBN MANSUR IBN KAMMUNA BAGHDADI AL-ISRA’ILI (1215-84), KITAB TALKHIS LUBAB AL-MANTIQ WA KHULASAT AL-HIKMAH (A TREATISE ON LOGIC), NEAR EAST, DATED 675 AH/1276 AD

407. A FINE LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, EGYPT, MAMLUK, MID-14TH CENTURY

408. DIWAN, A ROYAL COLLECTION OF KAMAL KHUJANDI'S POEMS, DEDICATED TO SULTAN MEHMED II 'THE CONQUEROR' (R.1451-81), TURKEY, ISTANBUL, OTTOMAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY

409. ABU'L-QASIM ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN ISHAQ AL-ZAJJAJI AL-NAHWI AL-BAGHDADI (D.949 AD), KITAB AL-HIJJA'A (A TREATISE ON LINGUISTICS), NEAR EAST, CIRCA 1190 AD

410. ABU'L-HASAN ALI IBN SALEM IBN MUHAMMAD AL-OBADI AL-SHININI (1147-1229 AD), KITAB AL-MIRSA'AD FI DHABIT AL-ZHA'A WA'L-DHA'A (A POEM AND EXEGESIS), SIGNED BY ALI IBN MOHAMMAD IBN SA’ADULLAH AL-HANAFI, NEAR EAST, DATED 586 AH/1190 AD

411. A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, SULTANATE, 16TH CENTURY

412. NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (D.1274), AL-MAJMU’A AL-SHARIFA, TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK MATHEMATICAL TEXTS INCLUDING EUCLID AND ARCHIMEDES, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1600

413. KHWAND AMIR (D.1534), HABIB AL-SIYAR, VOL.3.2 (A HISTORY OF THE TIMURIDS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS), INDIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, DATED 978 AH/1570 AD, WITH MARGINAL NOTES IN THE HAND OF THE MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN

414. NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492 AD), SUBHAT AL-ABRAR ('THE ROSARY OF THE DEVOUT'), COPIED BY MIR HUSAYN AL-HUSAYNI AL-HAJI, KNOWN AS MIR KULANGI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY

415. THE FORTY HADITH OF ‘ALI SHIR NAVA‘I, COPIED BY MUN’IM AL-DIN AL-AWHADI, PERSIA, TIMURID, DATED 902 AH/1497 AD

416. AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, COPIED BY IBRAHIM AL-SHEVKI KNOWN AS HAFIZ AL-QUR'AN, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1223 AH/1808 AD

417. AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, TURKEY OR OTTOMAN PROVINCES, DATED 1229 AH/1813 AD

418. A FOLIO FROM HAFIZ-I ABRU'S MAJMA AL-TAWARIKH, PERSIA, HERAT, CIRCA 1425-26

419. AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMEH (THE SECOND SMALL SHAHNAMEH): THE COMBAT OF BIZHAN AND RUYIN, PERSIA OR BAGHDAD, ILKHANID, CIRCA 1300

420. AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMEH: HUSHANG KILLING THE BLACK DEMON, PERSIA, SAFAVID, QAZVIN OR MASHHAD, 988 AH/1580 AD

421. A SIMURGH CHICK, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY

422. THE SULTAN AWAKENS THE DRUNKEN JUDGE AT DAWN, SCHOOL OF MAHMUD MUZAHHIB, CENTRAL ASIA, BUKHARA, SHAYBANID, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

423. 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492), FATIHAT AL-SHABAB, (‘THE FIRST DIVAN’), PERSIA, SHIRAZ, SAFAVID, DATED 948 AH/1541 AD

424. A SEATED PRINCESS, PERSIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, POSSIBLY HERAT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

425. TWENTY-NINE ILLUMINATED LEAVES FROM A MAGNIFICENT ROYAL ALBUM, INDIA, MUGHAL, LATE AKBAR PERIOD, CIRCA 1600

426. A SEATED YOUTH HOLDING A CUP OF COFFEE, PERSIA, SAFAVID, MID-17TH CENTURY

427. AN EMBRACING COUPLE, SIGNED 'SAHIB MUHAMMAD', PERSIA, LATE SAFAVID, DATED 1123 AH/1711 AD

428. A EUROPEAN DANDY AND A FEMALE COMPANION IN A GARDEN, INDIA, DECCAN, GOLCONDA, CIRCA 1660-80

429. A DERVISH HOLDING A BOOK, SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD MUSHIN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, ISFAHAN, SECOND QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

430. A BIJAPURI PRINCE OR SCHOLAR, POSSIBLY SULTAN IBRAHIM ADIL SHAH II, DECCAN, BIJAPUR, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

431. A WANDERING DERVISH WITH A DOG, INDIA, MUGHAL, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

432. AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED ALBUM LEAF: A PAIR OF WANDERING MEN, INDIA, MUGHAL, 1620-50

433. A LADY WITH A DOG, DECCAN, GOLCONDA, CIRCA 1630-50, OR PERSIA, ISFAHAN, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

434. SULTAN ABDALLAH QUTB SHAH OF GOLCONDA, INDIA, DECCAN, GOLCONDA, LATE 17TH CENTURY

435. A PAGE FROM THE LATE SHAH JAHAN ALBUM, INDIA, MUGHAL, CIRCA 1635-55, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED BY ALI AL-KATIB, CENTRAL ASIA, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

436. LADIES ON A ZENANA TERRACE AT NIGHT, INDIA, LUCKNOW OR FAIZABAD, LATE 18TH CENTURY

437. AN ILLUSTRATED AND ILLUMINATED ALBUM LEAF: LADIES ON A TERRACE, INDIA, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY

438. THE TOMB OF SHAH JAHAN IN THE TAJ MAHAL, INDIA, AGRA, COMPANY SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815

439. THE TOMB OF MUMTAZ MAHAL IN THE TAJ MAHAL, INDIA, AGRA, COMPANY SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815

440. A RARE AQUAMARINE CHESS PIECE, EGYPT, IRAQ OR PERSIA, 9TH CENTURY

441. A SELJUK GOLD RING MOUNTED WITH INTAGLIO, PERSIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY AND EARLIER

442. A FINE CAST BRONZE FELINE HEAD FROM AN INCENSE BURNER, KHURASAN OR AFGHANISTAN, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

443. A NIELLOED CAST BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, KHURASAN, PERSIA, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

444. A GROUP OF SEVEN ROCK CRYSTAL CARVINGS IN THE FORM OF ANIMALS, AFGHANISTAN, PERSIA OR IRAQ, 12TH/13TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

445. A FATIMID MARBLE JAR STAND (KILGA), EGYPT, 10TH/11TH CENTURY

446. TWO TIMURID CUT TILE MOSAIC SPANDRELS AND A SQUARE TILE, CENTRAL ASIA OR PERSIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

447. A LARGE NASRID IVORY-OVERLAID WOOD PYXIS, SPAIN, 14TH CENTURY

448. A MAMLUK CARPET, EGYPT, PROBABLY CAIRO, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY

449. A HIGHLY IMPORTANT MAMLUK GILDED AND ENAMELLED GLASS FLASK, SYRIA, MID-13TH CENTURY