Arts of the Islamic World Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Cyanotype print, one wall of the Tachara of Darius

July 23, 2021July 14, 2021

This Day in Freer History: July 23, 1879

Three figures of musicians depicted in metalwork from the Sasanian period

March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Nowruz, Courts, and Music

Ancient Near East, celebrations, equinox, music, Nowruz, Persian, spring

Portrait of Jalal al-Din Mirza (ca. 1827–1872), son of Fath-Ali Shah

February 23, 2018March 25, 2020

Introducing the Prince and the Shah

Iran, Iranian Film Festival, The Prince and the Shah

geometric pattern

October 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Tools of the Manuscript Illustrator (part two)

Islam, manuscripts