mughalearly

	MUGHAL -- EARLY (c.1500-c.1605)
SULTAN ALI MASHHADI	Two works by Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi, c. 1500, at the Met, with ZOOM capabilities
IRAN	More examples from this period from IRAN
TURKEY	More examples from this period from TURKEY
	A Quran from c.1517, probably North Indian, in muhaqqaq, thuluth, and naskh
TUGHRA of SULAIMAN	The Metropolitan Museum's famous tughra of Sulaiman the Magnificent (r.1520-66): a Met study site
	Quran from Iran, 1550; many HUGE gorgeous images of this remarkably beautiful work of art (each small image is a hyperlink)
	A mid-1500's Quran, in naskh, attributed to Mirza Muhammad, probably from Mughal India or the Deccan
	An illustrated Deccani manuscript, in naskh, of the Aja'ib ul-Makhluqat, c.1575
	The work of Akbar's favorite calligrapher, Muhammad Husain Kashmiri "Zarrin-qalam"
	Nasta'liq script (from an illustrated "Tutinamah" manuscript) as commissioned by Akbar, c.1580
	More examples of nasta'liq from Akbar's time: two leaves of a "Shahnamah"
	Miniature of the Mi'raj, c.1570, with nasta'liq text. From the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; ZOOM capabilities
Qur'an, China	Qur'an from China, late 1500's to early 1600's, from the Schoyen Collection
	An "archaic" Quran-leaf by Abdullah al-Khadim, 1616, India