Safavid Gallery

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Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque {***Happy Eid to All***} by Μehdi (On/Off) on Flickr.

farsizaban: Iranian battle-mask, from the Safavid Dynasty (16th-18th c.) Shahada is inscribed on t

rendan: آقانور مسجد جامع آقانور - محله دردشت - اصفهانAghanoor Great Mosque - Isfahan - Iran(Safavid

thatshowthingstarted:Safavid brass Astrolabe, Tabriz, Iran, 1705-06 AD.5¾ in (14.6 cm) high overall;

This Safavid drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.682, depicts a kneeling young man with a falcon. Gil

Golden peacock, from a Gulistan of Saadi (collection of anecdotes called the Rose Garden in Persian)

A woman having wine in solitude. A wall painting from Chehel Sotoun pavilion in Isfahan, Iran, 17th

Woman in a green coat (detail), from the 1590s. Safavid islamic art.

Bahram Gur and Azada, from a Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings) Made in Iran, 1500s AD (Safavid perio

Chihil Kilid (Forty Keys) Divination Bowl with Inscriptions, Zodiac Signs, and Four Plaquettes, copp

brassmanticore:On this folio from a Safavid divan of Hafiz, a couple sits near a brook in the compan

Woman with a spray of flowers, 1595, Safavid period of Islamic art

timur-i-lang:Safavid carpet, 16th c. GORGEOUS.

proteus7:Iranian battle-mask, from the Safavid Dynasty (16th-18th c.)

timur-i-lang:Safavid carpet, 16th c. GORGEOUS.

tartnouveau:Saki, album miniature, 1609Reza Abbasi, 1565-1635

suzani:Miniature from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shah-nama. “Isfandiyar’s Fifth Ordeal; He Must Slay the S

Happy #Nowruz! The festival Nowruz, or “new day” in Persian, celebrates spring’s a

indiatolondon:Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Esfahan, Iran was built over 500 years ago and is definitely a

Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our Arts of the Islamic World collection,

proteus7:Iranian battle-mask, from the Safavid Dynasty (16th-18th c.)

Safavid Dynasty plate with a youth amid foliage. Artist unknown; ca. 1600-30. From Isfah

Gilded shield, Safavid dynasty, Iran

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