• This amulet is made of Jade with gold leaf. It is thought to come from 17th–19th century India. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
    This amulet is made of Jade with gold leaf. It is thought to come from 17th–19th century India. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
  • The Elderly Akbar Receives Murtaza Khan. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
    The Elderly Akbar Receives Murtaza Khan. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
  • An Egyptian Quran from the 14th–15th century. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
    An Egyptian Quran from the 14th–15th century. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
  • The Anonymous Baghdad Quran copied by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
    The Anonymous Baghdad Quran copied by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri. Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
  • Chester Beatty walking along a Mont Dore street. Courtesy Warren Grossman / Chester Beatty Library
    Chester Beatty walking along a Mont Dore street. Courtesy Warren Grossman / Chester Beatty Library
  • The Simurgh Carries Zal to Her Nest. A painting from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) made for Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629) Courtesy Chester Beatty Library
    The Simurgh Carries Zal to Her Nest. A painting from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) made for Shah Abbas I (r. 1587–1629) Courtesy Chester Beatty Library

In pictures: Chester Beatty’s A to Z in Dublin

Olga Camacho

July 13, 2014

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  • Arabic

Highlights from the Islamic collection showing at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin.

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