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One Thousand and One Nights (medieval compilation, public domain)

the oil lamp · the genie · the flying carpet · Sindbad · 'Open sesame' · arabesque and muqarnas · Arabic calligraphy · the souk

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El cuento es dominio público. El Aladdin de Disney NO: nada de su genio azul ni sus disenos.

Tadeo Jones y la lámpara maravillosa

Where the designs come from

Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress
Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress · 12th–early 13th century record
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds) · Habiballah of Sava · ca. 1600 record
Portrait of a Dervish
Portrait of a Dervish · 16th century record
Tile
Tile · 18th century record
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised Arab in her place, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night · c. 1560 record
Peacock and Dragon
Peacock and Dragon · William Morris (British, 1834–1896) · 1878 record
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous)
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis (narrative poems): Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) · Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s) · Text c. 1500–1520; painting, borders, and illuminations adde record
Head of a Foreign Warrior
Head of a Foreign Warrior · 300–200 BCE record
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Is
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Is · Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s) · Text copied by Sultan-Ali Mashhadi (Persian, 1453–1520) for record
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso) · Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s) · 1520–1607 record
The Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba · Edmund Dulac (British, 1882–1953) · 1911 record
Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan · Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669) · c. 1656–61 record
The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj)
The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj) · Possibly Sultan Muhammad · between 1539 and 1543 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah · al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah al-ʻUthmānīyah, record
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah · al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah al-ʻUthmānīyah, record
Scheherazade and Shahryar label QS:Lfr,"Shéhérazade et Chahriar" label QS:Len,"Scheherazade and Shahryar"
Scheherazade and Shahryar label QS:Lfr,"Shéhérazade et Chahriar" label QS:Len,"Scheherazade and Shahryar" · Marie-Éléonore Godefroid · circa 1842 date QS:P571,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q57279 record
Ibn Bukhtishu - Manafi' al-Hayawan - Folio II Recto
Ibn Bukhtishu - Manafi' al-Hayawan - Folio II Recto · Michel Bakni · 2019-06-25 record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah · al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah al-ʻUthmānīyah, record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah
Kitāb alf laylah wa-laylah · al-Maṭbaʻah al-ʻĀmirah al-ʻUthmānīyah, record
Scheherazade and Shahryar label QS:Lfr,"Shéhérazade et Chahriar" label QS:Len,"Scheherazade and Shahryar"
Scheherazade and Shahryar label QS:Lfr,"Shéhérazade et Chahriar" label QS:Len,"Scheherazade and Shahryar" · Marie-Éléonore Godefroid · circa 1842 date QS:P571,+1842-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q57279 record
Ibn Bukhtishu - Manafi' al-Hayawan - Folio II Recto
Ibn Bukhtishu - Manafi' al-Hayawan - Folio II Recto · Michel Bakni · 2019-06-25 record
The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj)
The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj) · Possibly Sultan Muhammad · between 1539 and 1543 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Miniature Paintings record
Miniature persane, fin du XVIe siècle
Miniature persane, fin du XVIe siècle · Unknown Unknown · 16h century record
Alf laylah wa-laylah
Alf laylah wa-laylah record

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