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Islamic liturgy sound recording : songs and dance at a meeting of dervishes / recorded and edited by John Levy ; notes by Martin Lings
Muscial instrument (oriental lute, tar) with 3 strings and reddish wooden cocoanut-shaped sounding-box covered with parchment. Wood stem section with 3 hooks for metal strings.
Sufi ceremony sound recording : Rifa' ceremony of the eleventh day of Rabi-L-Achien honouring Abdul Hadir Beker / by Kajar the Magician
Musical instrument with sounding box and gut strings
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Couple with attendants; verso: text: Chapter thirty-one: discrediting overindulgence in eating, part from Khusraw va Shirin
Stem of a lute; painted black
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); recto: text, Poem of wisdom of love, beauty, and celebration of time; verso: illustration and text, Feast of 'id
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Khusraw and Shirin are feasting at night in a desert encampment; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the yellow pavilion on Sunday; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: illustration: Bahram Gur in the turquoise-blue pavilion on Wednesday; verso: text
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Sandalwood Pavilion
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the red pavilion on Tuesday; recto: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); verso: illustration: Bahram Gur visits the princess in the sandal pavilion; recto: text
Al Najoom Dance Troupe at NMAfA, July 14, 2011
Sounding box with lower metal bracket for strings
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bahram Gur and the princess in the red pavilion; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); Bahram Gur and the princess in the white pavilion
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390); recto: Prince and Princess listen to musicians; verso: text
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Yellow Pavilion; verso: text, Princess telling the story
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Daughters of Barzin Dance for Bahram Gur; recto: text: Bahram Gur and Barzin Shah
Bowl
Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); verso: Potiphar and Zulaykha enthroned; recto: text
collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
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Google Cultural Institute
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Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986
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Freer Gallery 03: Engaging the Senses: Art in the Islamic World
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
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topic
Art
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Arts of the Islamic World
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S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736
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Music
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Musical instruments
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Bahram Gur
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WWII-era provenance
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Pavilion
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Percussion instrument
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Princess
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culture
Muslims
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Iranians
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Dervishes
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Muslims South Africa
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place
Iran
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Shiraz
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Fars
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Afghanistan
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Herat
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Astarabad
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India
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Isfahan
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Khurasan
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South Africa
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date
1500s
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1510s
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1520s
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1530s
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1540s
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1550s
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1560s
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1570s
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1600s
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1610s
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