1 A COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTS ON PAPYRUS AND VELLUM, EGYPT, 9TH CENTURY AD AND LATER

2 A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

3 A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY AD

4 A QUR’AN BIFOLIUM IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

5 A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

6 A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

7 A QUR'AN BIFOLIUM IN GOLD MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT ON PAPER, EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, CIRCA 1325-1350 AD

8 ABU’L MAKARIM HIBATALLAH IBN JUMAY’ AL’ISRA’ILI (D.1198 AD), KITAB AL-IRSHAD LI-MASALIH AL-ANFUS WA'L-AJSAD, ('GUIDANCE FOR THE WELFARE OF SOULS AND BODIES'), A MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, NEAR EAST, MAMLUK, 15TH CENTURY

9 A QUR’AN LEAF ATTRIBUTED TO ARGHUN AL-KAMILI, IRAQ, BAGHDAD, MID 14TH CENTURY

10 FAKHR-AL-DIN ABI 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD AL-RAZI (D.1209), SHARH UYUN AL-HIKMA, A COMMENTARY ON ‘SOURCES OF WISDOM’ BY IBN SINA, MESOPOTAMIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

11 FAKHR-AL-DIN ABI 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD AL-RAZI (D.1209), HADA'IQ AL-ANWAR FI HAQA'IQ AL-ASRAR ('GARDENS OF RADIANCES OF THE TRUTH OF MYSTERIES'), ON SCIENCE AND GEOMETRY, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 13TH/14TH CENTURY

12 ABU AL-QASIM B. FIROOH AL-RU’AINI AL-SHATIBI (D.1194 AD), HIRZ AL-AMANI WA-WAJH AL-TAHANI, A GUIDE TO QUR’ANIC RECITATION, COPIED BY AL-MAMLUK MUSAFIR, EGYPT OR SYRIA, DATED 780 AH/1378-79 AD

13 AN IMPORTANT EARLY COPY OF THE EDITION OF EUCLID'S ELEMENTS BY THE 13TH-CENTURY POLYMATH NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D.1274), POSSIBLY WITH THE FIRST FEW PAGES BY THE AUTHOR AND APPARENTLY PARTIALLY COMPLETED BY THE YEAR 1280 AD

14 MAJMU'AT AL-MUTAWASSITAT, ('THE COMPENDIUM OF INTERMEDIATE BOOKS'), A RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT COMPENDIUM OF TREATISES ON MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY COMPILED BY NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI, COPIED IN BAGHDAD IN 682 AH/1283 AD, THE FINAL PART COMPLETED IN 706 AH/1306 AD

15 A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD B. AL-SAYRAFI AL-MU’AZZIN, PROBABLY ANATOLIA, DATED 846 AH/1443 AD

16 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, MAMLUK, FIRST HALF 14TH CENTURY

17 AN IMPORTANT ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLL, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 15TH CENTURY

18 A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN JUZ' (XII), PERSIA, ILKHANID, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

19 MUHAMMAD B. MAHMOUD B. HAJI AL-SHIRWANI, RAWDAT AL-‘ITAR, A TREATISE ON DRUGS AND REMEDIES, COPIED BY MUSTAFA B. YUSUF, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 911 AH/1505-06 AD

20 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN JUZ (I), COPIED BY ZAYN AL-‘ABIDIN B. MUHAMMAD AL-KATIB, PERSIA, AQQOYUNLU, LATE 15TH CENTURY

22 KAMAL ABU AL-FADL B. HUBAYSH B. IBRAHIM TIFLISI, KAMIL AL-TA’BIR (D.1203 AD[?]), ON DREAMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS, COPIED BY SIDI B. ‘ALI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 853 AH/1449 AD

23 HAFIZ (D.1390 AD), DIWAN, DEDICATED TO THE LIBRARY OF PIR BUDAQ, COPIED BY SHAYKH MAHMUD PIR BUDAQI, IRAQ, BAGHDAD, DATED 867 AH/1462 AD

24 KAMAL AL-DIN HUSAYN B. ALI AL-KASHIFI, KNOWN AS HUSAYN WA'IZ KASHIFI, MAWAHIB AL-'ALIYYA (A COMMENTARY ON THE QUR'AN, KNOWN AS TAFSIR-I HUSAYNI), COPIED BY ‘ATA’ULLAH IBN ‘IMAD AL-DIN AL-AWHADI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 977 AH/1569 AD

25 ZAYN AL-DIN JURJANI (D.1136 AD), TASHRIH ZAKHIRAH-I KHWARAZMSHAHI ('TREASURY DEDICATED TO THE KING OF KHWARAZMSHAHI'), AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, VOL.I (ON ANATOMY), PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1079 AH/1663 AD

26 MUHAMMAD GHAZALI MASHHADI (D.1572), NAQSH-E BADI, A POEM ON MYSTIC LOVE, SIGNED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, CIRCA SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

27 A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE, SIGNED BY ‘ALI AL-HUSAYNI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY

28 AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL, SIGNED BY ABDALLAH AL-MARWARID, PERSIA, TIMURID, DATED 903 AH/1497-98 AD

29 NUR AL-DIN ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492), TUHFAT AL-AHRAR, ASCRIBED TO RUSTAM ‘ALI, PERSIA, PROBABLY TABRIZ, SAFAVID, DATED 947 AH/1540-41 AD

30 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D.1492), SILSILAT AL-DHAHAB, FROM THE HAFT AWRANG, SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD AL-QAWAM AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

31 AN ILLUMINATED TEXT LEAF FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMEH, CONTAINING SECTIONS ON KAY KAVUS WRITING A LETTER TO THE KING OF MAZANDARAN AND KAVUS GOING TO MAZANDARAN, INDIA, MUGHAL, CIRCA 1610

32 JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI (D.1273 AD), THE SIX BOOKS OF THE MATHNAWI, SIGNED BY JAN MUHAMMAD SON OF KHIDR, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1029 AH/1620 AD

33 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN SCROLL, COPIED BY MEHMED STUDENT OF WALID B. ABU, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN, 17TH CENTURY

34 A SECTION FROM SURAH VI (AL-AN’AM) FROM THE QUR’AN, ATTRIBUTABLE TO HAFIZ OSMAN (D.1698), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 17TH CENTURY

35 A WAQFANAMA WITH THE TUGHRA OF OSMAN III (R.1754-57), TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1169 AH/1755 AD

36 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY SULEYMAN AL-HASHIMI, STUDENT OF ABU BAKR RASHID, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1179 AH/1765-66 AD

37 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY HAFIZ MEHMED AL-FARID, STUDENT OF HAJI HAFIZ MEHMED, IMAM OF THE MOSQUE OF MURADIYYA IN EDIRNE, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1236 AH/1820-21 AD

38 A SILK AND METAL-THREAD CURTAIN OR COVER WITH THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN SELIM III, TURKEY, OTTOMAN

39 A CALLIGRAPHIC QUATRAIN, SIGNED BY OSMAN AL-UWAISI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

40 A FIRMAN BEARING THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R.1808-39), TURKEY, ISTANBUL, DATED 1A FIRMAN BEARING THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN MAHMUD II (R.1808-39), TURKEY, ISTANBUL, DATED 1232 AH/1817 AD232 AH/1817 AD

41 IBRAHIM HAKKI OF ERZURUM, MA'RIFETNAMEH (AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC COMPENDIUM), SIGNED BY MEHMED SHARIF B. ‘ABD AL-GHAFUR B. MUSTAFA, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1252 AH/1836 AD

42 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAFIZ HUSNI AL-ADRATWI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1295 AH/1878-79 AD

43 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY HAFIZ SALEH RUMI, STUDENT OF MEHMED NURI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1274 AH/1857-58 AD

44 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY 'ABD AL-HALIM, STUDENT OF HASSAN AL-MASHAQI, PROBABLY BULGARIA, SHUMEN, OTTOMAN, DATED 1275 AH/1858-59 AD

45 A VIEW OF MECCA, SIGNED BY KULEQABULU SEYYID YAHYA EFENDI, DATED 1255 AH/1839-40 AD

46 AN ILLUMINATED BOOK OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY AHMAD AL-NAYRIZI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1112 AH/1700 AD

47 AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAJJI MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM QUMMI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1082 AH/1671 AD

48 AN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ISMA'IL AL-SHIRAZI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1094 AH/1682-83 AD

49 TWO QAJAR LACQUER PEN BOXES AND A SPECTACLES CASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY