Today a glittering prayer reaches us from 18th-century Isfahan: "O God! You are the First — nothing precedes You; You are the Last — nothing outlasts You; You are Manifest — nothing covers You; You are Within — there is nothing apart from You; And You are Forgiving, Merciful"

❤️ Sufis believe the heart has several stations (atwar), each with unique qualities. This 19th-century mystical manuscript describes them: "Understand that the heart has seven stations: 1. Sadr 2. Qalb 3. Shaghaf 4. Fu'ad 5. Hubbat al-qalb 6. Suwayda' al-qalb 7. Muhjat al-qalb

Buzurjmihr Explaining Chess to King Anushirwan (r. 531-79), folio from a manuscript of Firdausi's (c.940-1020) Shahnama (completed 8 March 1010) Opaque watercolour, ink, and gold on paper India, Mughal, early 17th century collections.mfa.org/objects/148647…

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A rare picture of Rolls Royce Phantom I,circa 1925 from the collection of Nawab Sadiq V of ex state of Bahawalpur. #vintagecars #RollsRoyce #Bahawalpur

Complete Bronze Age town with elite tombs discovered in northern China livescience.com/archaeology/co…

This is a brief overview of my already published paper on Ashari mutakallim al-Baqillani's cumulative (of deductive type) argument for the existence of God. His argument cannot be classified within the insufficient conceptual framework of post-Kantian classifications of arguments

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A rare picture of the last of Nawabs of the state of Bahawalpur ,Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V (1904_1966) #bahawalpur #Pakistan #Royalty #History #STATE #Punjab #sadiq

A remarkable resource for friends interested in history of Islamic Manuscripts #History #manuscripts #medieval #anthropology brill.com/view/journals/…

Our Islamic Law & Colonialism special collection makes available hundreds of sources pertaining to colonial empires that ruled over Muslim societies, including the Charter to the East India Company. buff.ly/3F7tR3K

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Just finished reading Pamuk's My Name is Red which I had somehow never read before and completely loved. The whole plot turns on the illustrations of horses in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, some of my all-time favourite paintings, which I have myself written about at some

🧵 The Quran frequently presents ruins rhetorically, showing the cyclical nature of history. Past nations rise, thrive, collapse, and leave traces. Columns, rock dwellings, overturned cities, and preserved ships are not passive, they argue. (1/10)

Reading "The Golden Road "by William Dalrymple ;illuminating,enthralling and Groundbreaking.#History #Williamdalrymple #ancient #culture #research

Inkasar Khan Enjoy!

As a fan of Ibn Battuta -the great 14th c. traveler- I was thrilled to read his entire Rihla here, from Tangier to Beijing, packed with stories of places and people! This rare 18th c. manuscript probably from Morocco, is one of the few complete ones! Soon at Rim Enchères, Paris

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