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Verses Invoking `Ali, folio from an album

Verses Invoking `Ali, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Mir Muhammad

Houri in a Paradise Garden

Houri in a Paradise Garden

Ottoman

Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Mustafa

Verses Praising the Ascetic Life, calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, with elaborate figural paintings in the border by an unknown artist, folio from the Gulshan Album

Verses Praising the Ascetic Life, calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, with elaborate figural paintings in the border by an unknown artist, folio from the Gulshan Album, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi

Invocation (Basmala)

Invocation (Basmala)

Calligraphy by Muhammad Qazwini

The Poet Returns from India, Sufi Poems, folio from an album

The Poet Returns from India, Sufi Poems, folio from an album

Persian

Calligraphy Exercise (Siyah Mashq) in Nasta`liq Script

Calligraphy Exercise (Siyah Mashq) in Nasta`liq Script

Calligraphy by Muhammad Sadiq

Equestrian Portrait of Sultan ‘Osman II (r. 1618-1622)

Equestrian Portrait of Sultan ‘Osman II (r. 1618-1622)

Attributed to Ahmed Nakshi

Calligaraphy Exercise, Model for Conjoining Letter  "Fa", folio from an album

Calligaraphy Exercise, Model for Conjoining Letter "Fa", folio from an album

Persian

Sayings of `Ali Regarding Eloquence and Proper Speech, folio from an album

Sayings of `Ali Regarding Eloquence and Proper Speech, folio from an album

Persian

Three Poems in Separate Panels, folio from an album

Three Poems in Separate Panels, folio from an album

Persian

Verses Invoking the Beginning of Spring, folio from an album

Verses Invoking the Beginning of Spring, folio from an album

Persian

Album of Calligraphy Exercises (Mürekkebat)

Album of Calligraphy Exercises (Mürekkebat)

Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif

Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album

Majnun, drawing by an unknown artist, surrounded by didactic verses (recto); Couplets Describing the Beloved in Terms of the Sun and the Moon, calligraphy by Mir 'Ali (verso), folio from an album

Calligraphy by (Signed by) Mir `Ali

Verses about the Quality of Ink, folio from an album

Verses about the Quality of Ink, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Shams al-Udaba

Chief of the Dwarfs (Goojez Bashi, Cüce Başı)

Chief of the Dwarfs (Goojez Bashi, Cüce Başı)

Ottoman

Quotations from the Hadikat al-Hakika of Sana'i, folio from an album

Quotations from the Hadikat al-Hakika of Sana'i, folio from an album

Calligraphy by `Ali Riza 'Abbasi

Verses from the Gulistan by Sa'di', folio from an album

Verses from the Gulistan by Sa'di', folio from an album

Calligraphy by Muhammad Husayn

Plea for Tax Relief, folio from an album

Plea for Tax Relief, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Mirza Kuchik Isfahani

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

Calligraphy by 'Abd al-Rahim Afsar

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