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Islamic Manuscripts
The Walters’ collection of Islamic Manuscripts showcases masterpieces of illuminated and illustrated manuscripts. The sacred, devotional and non-religious manuscripts presented here were created across the breadth of the Islamic world and date from the 9th through the 19th century. In the Islamic book, the primary vehicle for literary and artistic expression, the powers of poetry, prayer and visual form collide. They bear witness to remarkable achievements in literature and the book arts. Examples include a 15th-century Koran from northern India, executed at the height of the Timurid empire; a luxurious 16th-century copy of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw, illustrated by a number of famous artists for the emperor Akbar; and a Turkish calligraphy album by Sheik Handullah al Amasi, one of the greatest calligraphers.
All images of Islamic manuscripts were created and are provided through a Preservation and Access grant awarded to The Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2010.

A Festive Gathering | Title |
ca. 1163 AH/AD 1750 (Mughal) | Period |
W.904 | Accession |
spanningempires, ottoman | Tags |

Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
13th century AH/AD 19th century | Period |
W.597 | Accession |
book, islamic, camel, 641 | Tags |

Album of Calligraphy | Title |
10th century AH/16th century AD-12th century AH/18th century AD (Ottoman) | Period |
W.672 | Accession |
hatt | Tags |

Album of Indian Miniatures and Persian Calligraphy | Title |
late 12th century AH/AD 18th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Rajput) | Period |
W.669 | Accession |
tibetan, animated | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Calligraphy and Paintings | Title |
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Safavid; Qajar) | Period |
W.668 | Accession |
iran, persian, mirimad | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Calligraphy, Miniatures, and Prints | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Qajar; Zand) | Period |
W.670 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Miniatures, Calligraphy, and European Engravings | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Safavid; Qajar; Zand; Deccan) | Period |
W.771 | Accession |
erotic, turban, portrait, bullets, gun, chair, standing, man, album | Tags |

Album of Persian Calligraphy | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century | Period |
W.673 | Accession |
persian | Tags |

Album of Persian Miniatures and Calligraphy | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century-14th century AH/AD 20th century | Period |
W.671 | Accession |
hatt, khatt | Tags |

Amplified Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad | Title |
767 AH/AD 1366 | Period |
W.581 | Accession |
iran | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid) | Period |
W.653 | Accession |
persia1893 | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
early 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar) | Period |
W.655 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
12th century AH/AD 18th century | Period |
W.654 | Accession |
muhaqaq | Tags |

Baburnama | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal) | Period |
W.596 | Accession |
intricate, iran, persian, birds | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
Manuscript: 1028 AH/AD 1618-1619; Illustrations: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.601 | Accession |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar) | Period |
W.602 | Accession |
combat, persia, iran | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.600 | Accession |
rustam, bijhan | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar-Safavid) | Period |
W.603 | Accession |

Book on Horses | Title |
1271 AH/AD 1854-1855 (Ottoman) | Period |
W.661 | Accession |

Book on Logic | Title |
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman) | Period |
W.591 | Accession |

Book on Navigation | Title |
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman) | Period |
W.658 | Accession |
sicily, rhodes, pasman, otranto, sea, mediterranean, marseille, grenada, ancona, cairo, messina, zadar, sardinia, catanzaro, trieste, ferrara, moroccan, genoa, libya, ottoman, portugal, granada, kurdistan, lemnos, iskenderun, genicke, kalymnos, romanius, istanbul, algiers, malta, corfu, paxoi, kea, alanya, tripoli, psara, alger, pola, cerigo, kythara, peschici, mountathos, egypt, red, dead, gibraltar, linish, morocco, kelibia, crete, veglia, hamam, leukada, france, piri, lanciano, bisceglieitaly | Tags |

Burning and Melting | Title |
1068 AH/AD 1657 (Safavid; Mughal) | Period |
W.649 | Accession |
ancona, 9 | Tags |

Collected Works (Kulliyat) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.618 | Accession |
oillups | Tags |

Collected Works (Kulliyat) | Title |
934 AH/AD 1527 (Safavid) | Period |
W.617 | Accession |
jesus | Tags |

Collected Works (Kulliyat) | Title |
926 AH/AD 1520 | Period |
W.616 | Accession |

Collection of Poems | Title |
1017 AH/AD 1609 (Safavid) | Period |
W.623 | Accession |
king, kurd, arbil | Tags |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century; Paintings: 11th century AH/AD 17th century | Period |
W.640 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Collection of Poems (divan) | Title |
966 AH/AD 1559 (Safavid) | Period |
W.630 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
Sha'ban 918 AH/AD 1512 (Safavid) | Period |
W.628 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.633 | Accession |
djami | Tags |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
13th century AH/AD 19th century (Fatimid) | Period |
W.637 | Accession |
mughal | Tags |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
1st half 11th century AH/AD 17th century | Period |
W.638 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.632 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
1011 AH/AD 1602 (Mughal) | Period |
W.650 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.639 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (divan) | Title |
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid) | Period |
W.631 | Accession |
cart | Tags |

Collection of Poems (divan) | Title |
958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid) | Period |
W.629 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.634 | Accession |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
1210 AH/AD 1796 (Fatimid) | Period |
W.636 | Accession |
divan | Tags |

Collection of Poems (Divan) | Title |
1202 AH/AD 1788 (?) | Period |
W.635 | Accession |
29 | Tags |

Collection of Poems (masnavi) | Title |
1073 AH/AD 1663 | Period |
W.626 | Accession |
1340, illustration | Tags |

Collection of Poems (masnavi) | Title |
865 AH/AD 1461 | Period |
W.625 | Accession |
w607297a | Tags |

Collection of Prayers for the Prophet Muhammad | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman) | Period |
W.583 | Accession |

Colophon | Title |
923-924 AH/AD 1517-1518 | Period |
W.606.368A | Accession |
persian, kurdish | Tags |

Commentary on an Abridgment of the Canon of Medicine | Title |
969 AH/AD 1561 | Period |
W.588 | Accession |
persiandoor, beformeal | Tags |

Commentary on Select Verses of the Qur'an | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman) | Period |
W.667 | Accession |
tafsir, quram, turkish, el yazma kitaplar | Tags |

Compendium of Medicine | Title |
22 Rabi' II 889 AH/AD 1484 | Period |
W.595 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Dancing Girls | Title |
12th century AH/AD 18th century (Rajput) | Period |
W.710 | Accession |
dance, art, music | Tags |

Epic of Alexander the Great | Title |
891 AH/AD 1486 (Ottoman) | Period |
W.664 | Accession |

Epic of Timur | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.648 | Accession |