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Folio of calligraphy

Artist:
Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 17.1 x 9.2 cm (6 3/4 x 3 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
16th century
Period:
Safavid or Mughal periods
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1939.49b
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Folio of Calligraphy

Calligrapher:
Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (inner calligraphy panel): 18.6 × 8.7 cm (7 5/16 × 3 7/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Uzbekistan
Date:
16th century
Period:
Uzbek period, Shaybanid dynasty
Topic:
Uzbek period (1500 - 1598)  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Uzbekistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1939.50b
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Honoring Esin Atıl

Creator:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2021-03-25T12:34:43.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, Asian  Search this
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Freer Medal Lecture and Award Ceremony: Honoring Gülru Necipoğlu

Creator:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-11-01T11:56:38.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, Asian  Search this
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Folio from Divan (collected poems) of Sultan Husayn Mirza (d.1506); calligraphy

Author:
Sultan Husayn Mirza (1470-1506)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 17.6 x 12.4 cm (6 15/16 x 4 7/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
ca.1490
Period:
Timurid period, Reign of Sultan Husayn Mirza
Topic:
Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Afghanistan  Search this
Iran  Search this
divan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
decoupage  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1929.66
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Folio from Divan (collected poems) by Sultan Husayn Mirza (d.1506)

Author:
Sultan Husayn Mirza (1470-1506)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 23.8 x 15 cm (9 3/8 x 5 7/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
ca. 1490
Period:
Timurid period
Topic:
Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Afghanistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
decoupage  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1929.67
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Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)

Calligrapher:
Ali ibn Hasan al-Sultani  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 18.3 x 12.7 cm (7 3/16 x 5 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Tabriz, Iran
Date:
ca. 1400
Period:
Jalayirid dynasty
Topic:
Timurid period (1378 - 1506)  Search this
Khusraw  Search this
Shirin  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1931.29
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edanmdm:fsg_F1931.29

Divan (Collected poems) by Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (d.1410)

Medium:
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30 x 20.3 cm (11 13/16 x 8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Tabriz or Baghdad, Iran or Iraq
Date:
circa 1400
Period:
Jalayirid dynasty
Topic:
Jalayirid dynasty (1340 - 1432)  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iraq  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1932.29a-b
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Ink pot

Medium:
Glazed clay
Dimensions:
H x W: 7.7 x 10.9 cm (3 1/16 x 4 5/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
early 13th century
Period:
Saljuq period
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1934.18
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Anthology with works by Jalal ad-Din Rumi (d.1273), Nizami (d. 1209), Sa'di (d.1292) and Sana'i (d. 1131 or 1140)

Calligrapher:
Mir Ali Husayni (died ca.1544)  Search this
Sultan Muhammad Nur (fl. as early as 1494)  Search this
Muhammad Qasim ibn Shadishah  Search this
Sultan-Muhammad Khandan  Search this
Mawlana Shaykh Mahmud  Search this
Artist:
Kamal al-Din Bihzad (ca. 1467-1535)  Search this
Patron:
Wazir Khawja Malik Ahmad  Search this
Medium:
Ink, color, and gold on paper; gold stamped and tooled leather
Dimensions:
H x W x D (closed): 25 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/8 x 1 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
1524-1525 (930 A.H.)
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Afghanistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
anthology  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1944.48
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Knife

Medium:
Handle: red and green tinted bone; blade: steel
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 1.1 x 19.2 x 0.8 cm (7/16 x 7 9/16 x 5/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
bone  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
writing  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1990.26
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Penrest

Medium:
Ivory or dense bone with red coral inlay
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 2.6 x 20.7 x 0.8 cm (1 x 8 1/8 x 5/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
ivory  Search this
bone  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
writing  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1990.33
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edanmdm:fsg_F1990.33

A manuscript of the Gulistan (Rosegarden) by Sa'di; Sa'di in a Rose garden

Calligrapher:
Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi  Search this
Artist:
Attributed to Payag (active ca.1591-ca.1658)  Search this
Attributed to Abid  Search this
Attributed to Govardhan  Search this
Attributed to Balchand  Search this
Attributed to Murar  Search this
Patron:
Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-1658)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (open): 25.4 x 33.9 cm (10 x 13 3/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
India and Iran
Date:
Text dated 1468, illumination added early 16th c., paintings repainted ca. 1645
Period:
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan
Topic:
rose  Search this
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)  Search this
Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)  Search this
Gulistan  Search this
Iran  Search this
India  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of the Art and History Trust in honor of Ezzat-Malek Soudavar
Accession Number:
F1998.5
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edanmdm:fsg_F1998.5

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text: he creation of the world, he creation of man, the creation of the sun and moon; verso: text: he Prophet Muhammad, the compilation of the Shahnama, the poet Daqiqi

Calligrapher:
Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayni (known as) Mawsili  Search this
Patron:
Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din  Search this
Medium:
Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 36.1 x 29.1 cm (14 3/16 x 11 7/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Shiraz, Iran
Date:
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
Period:
Mongol period, Inju dynasty
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
illumination  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
epic  Search this
Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.109
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edanmdm:fsg_S1986.109
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Composite album folio, calligraphy, standing youth, lady with a cup

Artist:
ascribed to Muhammad Sadiqi (died 1610)  Search this
ascribed to Ustad Muhammad Qasim  Search this
Calligrapher:
Sultan Ali al-Mashhadi  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Probably Qazwin, Iran
Date:
ca. 1590
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
woman  Search this
man  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.305
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Page of calligraphy

Calligrapher:
Sultan Muhammad Nur  Search this
Sultan Mahmud  Search this
Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi  Search this
Shah Muhammad  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 47.1 x 32 cm (18 9/16 x 12 5/8 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
Iran
Date:
16th century; 1563 (970 A.H.)
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
marbling  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.349
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Folio from the late Shah Jahan Album with two poems and a couplet from the Divan of Amir Shahi (died 1453)

Calligrapher:
Mir Ali Haravi (died ca. 1550)  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran (calligraphy); India (borders)
Date:
ca. 1640-1650
Topic:
poetry  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
India  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.92
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Burnisher

Medium:
Jade, silver and horn
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 17 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm (6 11/16 x 1 x 3/4 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
19th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
writing  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds
Accession Number:
S1990.67
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Burnisher

Medium:
Carnelian, brass, and rosewood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 10.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (4 1/8 x 9/16 x 9/16 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
19th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
writing  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds
Accession Number:
S1990.68
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Penrest

Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 13.8 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm (5 7/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in)
Type:
Tool and Equipment
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
19th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
ivory  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
writing  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds
Accession Number:
S1990.69
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