Arabic Text Collection

Album Leaf with Calligraphic Exercise (siyah mashq), dated A. H. 1258 / A. D. 1842-3
Album Leaf with Calligraphic Exercise (siyah mashq), dated A.H. 1258/ A.D. 1842-3

The Merchant Listens to the Workman Playing Cymbals, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Lion king, With his Mother, Receives Dimna, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Kalila and Dimna Discussing Dimnas Plans to Become a Confidante of the Lion, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Fox and the Drum, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
The Fox and the Drum, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Fish and the Fisherman, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
The Fish and the Fisherman, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Attack on the Camel by the Lion, Crow, Wolf, and Jackal, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Kalila Visits the Imprisoned Dimna, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Old Snake Tells the Tale of Biting the Ascetics Son by Mistake, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Ilar (or Irakht) About to Throw the Bowl of Rice at the King, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Monkey Tries Carpentry, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
The Monkey Tries Carpentry, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Ascetic Witnesses the Woman Trying to Poison the Lover, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Rogues Father Emerges from the Tree, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Lioness Advises her Son, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
The Lioness Advises her Son, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Husband Beats his Wifes Lover, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Crow King Consults his Ministers, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters, 1907. Creator: Unknown
Inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters, 1907. Interior decoration with Arabic calligraphy in the palace of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain, which mainly dates from the 14th century

Nezami, Persian poet, recounting the story of Alexander the Great, 12th century (18th century). Nezami Ganjavi (c1141-c1217) was one of the great Persian poets of the 12th century

Anti-British and American propaganda poster, Libya

Double page spread from a Koran with marginal decoration, 1867

Double page spread from a Koran with marginal floral decoration, Turkish, 1855

Arab manuscript depicting an angel weighing a soul

Arabian travellers on camels, being greeted at the end of their journey. After a 13th century Arab manuscript

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