3. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerAnvarī, Awḥad al-Dīnانورى، اوحد الدين Date: [1864 or 1865?]. Language: Persian Extent: 7 panels : paper ; 282 x 227 (215 x 174) mm.
4. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerMustafa İzzet Efendi, calligrapherمصطفى عزت افندى، خطاط Date: ca. 1865 or 1866]. Language: Arabic Extent: 4 panels : paper ; 217 x 260 (92 x 157) mm.
5. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerMustafa İzzet EfendiHasan Rıza Efendi, calligrapher, gilderقاضي عسكر مصفظى عزت افندىحسن رضا افندى، خطاط، مذهب Date: 1886 or 1887]. Language: Arabic Extent: 6 leaves : paper ; 258 x 329 (137 x 198) mm.
6. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [17-- or 18--?]. Language: Arabic Extent: 9 leaves : paper ; 175 x 248 (93 x 164) mm.
7. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerİbrahim Rodosi, calligrapherابراهيم الردوسي، خطاط Date: 1730-1787]. Language: Arabic Extent: 10 panels : paper ; 265 x 175 (190 x 103) mm.
8. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Kadızade Mustafa Haşimî, calligrapherAbdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerقاضى زاده مصطفى الهاشمى، خطاط Date: 1780 or 1781]. Language: Arabic Extent: 11 panels : paper ; 170 x 245 (110 x 183) mm.
9. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerMahmut Celalettin, calligrapher, facsimilistمحمود جلال الدين, خطاط ناسخ Date: 1791 or 1792]. Language: Arabic Extent: 5 panels : paper ; 180 x 253 (119 x 192) mm.
10. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerYedikuleli Seyit Abdullah, calligrapherيدى قله لى سيد عبد الله، خطاط Date: [1690-1731]. Language: Arabic Extent: 6 leaves : paper ; 167 x 239 (121 x 198) mm.
11. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerŞeyh Hamdullah, calligrapherشيخ حمد الله، خطاط Date: 1485-1520]. Language: Arabic Extent: 12 panels : paper ; 238 x 175 (129 x 95) mm.
12. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerEğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi, calligrapherاكرى قابيلى محمد راسم افندى، خطاط Date: 1705-1756]. Language: Arabic Extent: 6 panels : paper ; 147 x 215 (79 x 149) mm.
13. Calligraphic specimen Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerHamdî, calligrapherحمدى، خطاط Date: [16-- or 17--?]. Language: Arabic Extent: 10 panels : paper ; 252 x 168 (172 x 93) mm.
15. Dhakhīrat al-ʻuqbá fī sharḥ Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-ʻUẓmá Creator: Akhī Chalabī, Yūsuf ibn Junaydأخي چلبي، يوسف بن جنيد Date: [1523]. Language: Arabic Extent: 223 leaves : paper ; 261 x 183 (207 x 111) mm.
16. Durr al-muḍīʼ niẓāmah fī al-jawāb ʻalá ... etc. Date: 1900 Language: Arabic Extent: 496 leaves ; 215 x 150 (165 x 120 & 180 x 100 & 160 x 110 & 180 x 130 & 155 x 90 & 145 x 100 & 185 x 120 & 160 x 100) mm. bound to 215 x 155 mm.
17. Dīwān shiʻr Abī al-Ṭayyib Creator: Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusaynمتنبي، ابو الطيب احمد بن الحسين Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerSatafī, Sulaymān ibn Yūnus, scribeستفي, سليمان بن يونس, ناسخ Date: [1608]. Language: Arabic Extent: 221 leaves : paper ; 273 x 162 (181 x 91 ; 248 x 127) mm. bound to 272 x 175 mm.
18. Hilye-yi şerif Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerOsman, Hâfız, calligrapherحافظ عثمان, خطاط Date: 1687 or 1688]. Language: Arabic Extent: 3 panels : paper ; 147 x 285 mm. opening vertically to 438 x 287 mm.
19. Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yı İslamiye albümü Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [1597-1844]. Language: ArabicTurkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)Persian Extent: 21 panels : paper ; 325 x 395 mm. bound to 335 x 420 mm.
20. Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yı İslamiye albümü Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [1508-1900]. Language: ArabicPersian Extent: 22 panels : paper ; 300 x 400 bound to 320 x 425 mm.
21. Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yı İslamiye albümü Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [1600-1797]. Language: ArabicPersian Extent: 19 panels : paper ; 220 x 320 mm. bound to 235 x 345 mm.
22. Hutut-ı mütenevvia-yı İslamiye albümü Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [1669-1906]. Language: ArabicPersian Extent: 21 panels : paper ; 325 x 400 mm. bound to 335 x 420 mm.
23. Illuminated leaf from the Mūnis al-aḥrār.Mūnis al-aḥrār fī daqāʾiq al-ashʻār. Fragment. Persian Creator: Jājarmī, Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn, 14th cent Date: 1341 Language: Persian Extent: 1 leaf : paper, col. ill. ; 229 x 172 (198 x 128) mm.
24. Juzʼ al-thālith min khamsah ajzāʼ min Jāmiʻ al-uṣūl fī aḥādīth al-rasūl ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-sallam wa-sharraf wa-karram / Majd al-Dīn al-Mubārak ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Athīr.Jāmiʻ al-uṣūl fī aḥādīth al-Rasūl Creator: Ibn al-Athīr, Majd al-Dīn al-Mubārak ibn Muḥammad, 1149-1209 Date: 1900 Language: Arabic Extent: 864 leaves ; 300 x 212 (215 x 125) mm. bound to 295 x 230 mm.
25. Kanz al-daqāʼiq Creator: Nasafī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad.نسفي، عبد الله بن احمد Date: [13-- or 14--] Language: Arabic Extent: 94 leaves : paper ; 245 x 175 (149 x 105) mm. bound to 245 x 183 mm.
27. Kitāb al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ wa-al-qābūs al-wasīṭ al-jāmiʻ li-mā dhahaba min lughat al-ʻArab shamāṭīṭ Creator: Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb.فيروزابادي، محمد بن يعقوب Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [1600-1630?]. Language: Arabic Geographic region: Middle EastAfrica, NorthSpainIslamic empire Extent: 419 leaves : paper ; 273 x 184 (189 x 110) mm. bound to 273 x 188 mm.
28. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 3a: Qur'an, sura 6:83 arranged in three tiers in thuluth variant; black, gold, and blue on dark ivory paper 22396037 Date: 1400149915th cent.
29. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 10a: "Sublimity of mind is part of faith," surrounded by blocks of smaller Arabic texts (muhaqqaq, naskh, thuluth, and riqa) 22396035 Date: 1400149915th cent.
30. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 7a: Calligraphies arranged in bands; hexagon with 'Ali repeated three times; inscriptions in thuluth and kufic 22396036 Date: 1400149915th cent.
31. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 22a: Basmala in gold thuluth with Kufic superscript with plants and flowers in the background 22396032 Date: 1400149915th cent.
32. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 27a: Arabic inscription arranged in two tiers, thuluth variant, letter's eyes filled with lapis-lazuli pigment (detail) 22396031 Date: 1400149915th cent.
33. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 17b: "Praise be to God for his unity," thuluth variant 22396050 Date: 1400149915th cent.
34. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 42b: "Sublimity of mind is part of faith," Arabic thuluth or riqa enclosed in two calligraphy borders in black and purple inks 22396041 Date: 1400149915th cent.
35. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 27b: Firman of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1317-1335) in gold thuluth; Blessings upon prophet Muhammad and his family in riqa; Single line in riqa 22396046 Date: 1400149915th cent.
36. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 20b:Epigraphic design in thuluth done in the name of KhalilSultan, signed by Shaykh Muhammad b. al-Hajj al-Tughra'i 22396048 Date: 1400149915th cent.
37. Main Title: Baysunghur Album (TSM H 2152)Image Title: f. 26b: Arabic inscription arranged in two tiers, thuluth variant, letter's eyes filled with lapis-lazuli pigment (detail) 22396047 Date: 1400149915th cent.
38. Main Title: Qur'an (private collection)Image Title: f. 2v: Second sura; title in white thuluth; text in blue muhaqqaq and gold naskh 21736188 Date: 15521552/959 AH Geographic region: Place of Production: Qazvīn, Qazvīn, Iran Extent: 43 x 30 cm
39. Majmūʻat suwar min al-Qurʼān Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: 1475-1525?]. Language: Arabic Extent: 24 leaves : paper ; 233 x 163 mm.
40. Mecmua-yi eş'ar ve enva-yi hutut Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [15-- to 1640]. Language: PersianTurkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Extent: 112 leaves : paper ; 198 x 130 mm.
41. Mukhtārāt fī tārīkh al-Dawlah al-ʻUthmānīyah Contributor: Nuttall, Frank E., former owner Date: [18--?]. Language: Arabic Geographic region: TurkeyMediterranean Region; Mediterranean SeaByzantine Empire Time period: Turkey: Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Byzantine Empire: Constantine XI Dragases, 1448-1453 Extent: 30 leaves : paper ; 246 x 191 (235 x 135) mm. bound to 253 x 193 mm.
42. Niṣf al-thānī min kitāb al-Kāshif ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl wa-ʻuyūn al-aqāwīl wa-muḥajjabāt al-taʼwīl / Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar Zamakhsharī.Kashshāf Creator: Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144 Contributor: ʻAbdī, ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ibn Muḥammad Date: 1649 Language: Arabic Extent: 792 leaves ; 300 x 200 (205 x 130) mm. bound to 310 x 235 mm.
43. Panj kitāb Contributor: Schulte, Frank J., former ownerMīrzā Muḥammad Āṣif Munajjim, former ownerMīr ʻAṭā Muḥammad, scribeQuṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̲ al-DīnʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-DīnMahḥmūd LāhūrīBukhārī, Sharaf al-DīnSaʻdīميزا محمد آصف منجم, مالك سابقمير عطا محمد, ناسخقطب الدين محمد بن غياث الدينعطار, فريد الدينمحمود لاهورىبخارى, شرف الدينسعدى Date: 1921]. Language: Persian Time period: 747-1500 Extent: 85 leaves : paper ; 258 x 152 (173 x 95) mm. bound to 260 x 160 mm.
44. Qurʼān. Sūrah 57:2-14.Koran. Sūrat al-Ḥadīd, 2-14. Date: 1100-1799 Language: Arabic Extent: 12 leaves : paper ; 302 x 195 (145 x 110 and 140 x 130) mm.
45. Talismanic scroll with metal case Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former ownerḤusayn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Khurāsānī, scribeحسين ابراهيم ابن محمد الحسيني الخراساني، ناسخ Date: [1327? and 17--?]. Language: Arabic Geographic region: Africa, NorthMiddle EastSpainIslamic Empire Extent: 1 roll : paper ; (4425 x 104-112 mm) + 1 metal case (145 x 54 mm).
46. Thuluth al-awwal min Sharḥ al-Azhār al-muntazaʻ al-mukthār ... etc. Date: 1935 Language: Arabic Extent: 780 leaves ; 360 x 230 (135-185 x 265-325) mm. bound to 370 x 260 mm.
47. Thuluth al-ākhir min Sharḥ al-Azhār al-muntazaʻ ... etc. Date: 1936 Language: Arabic Extent: 754 leaves ; 360 x 230 (265-325 x 140-185) mm. bound to 370 x 255 mm.
48. Wasīlat al-najāt fī mawlid Ashraf al-mawjūdāt Creator: Süleyman Çelebiسليمان چلبي Contributor: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner Date: [14--]. Language: Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Extent: 61 leaves : paper ; 230 x 156 (185 x 110) mm.