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THEB OOKO FO MENS
MassumFeahr hwaidtS he rpil Bagc1
Withc ontributbiyo ns
Maria MavroKuadthir,yB na bayan, CoHr.Fn leelils cher,
Julia BWahieleelye,Mr . T hackstoJnr,. , and Sergei Tourkin
ArthuMr. S acklGearl lery
SmithsonIinasnt ituWtaisohni,n gtDo.nC,.
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Allr ighrtess erved. andA rthMu.rS acklGearl lery
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Publisbheytd h eF reeGra lleorfAy r ta ndt heA rthuMr. S acklGearl lery Ms.D ianHe. S chafCehra,i r
ont heo ccasiooftn h ee xhibitFioolnn amTah:eB oookf O mens. DrC.a theriGnley nBne nkaiVmi,c e·Chair
Octobe2r4 ,2 009-Janu2a4r.2y 0 10o.r ganibzyet dh eA rthuMr. S acklGearl lery. Mrs.M asakSoh inSne,c retary
SmithsonIinasnt itution. Mrs. Suna(nNduinndia P).A mbegaonkar
Ms.S usaBne ningson
Page1 :D etaiLle.oR ideas P ersonifiocfat thieSo unn T.u rkeIys,t anbcual1.,5 82. MrsJ.a neBe rnstein
PierpoMnotr galni braarnydM useumN.e wY orkM,. ]8r8.,1 5(bc a6t7.) Mr.J effrPe.Cy u nard
Mr.J ohnR .C urtis
Pag2e: D etaiKlh,a ybaTrh:eC onqueriPnagl mo fA lif,r omth eH .17F0a3l namIar.a n, Mr.R ichaMr.dD anziger
Safavp•edr ioodrT. u rkeOyt,t omapne riocda,1. 5 80Tso,p kaPpa1l acMeu seum, Mr.M ichaedleH avenon
lslanbHu.l1,7 0•3.,J )(bc a2t4.) Or.Ro berS.tF einberg
Page6s- 7D:e taiAld.a m anEdv eE xpellferdo mP aradifsreo.mt hed ispersed Mr.M ichaEe.lF eng
FalnamIar,a Qna.z viSna,f avpiedr iomdi,d ·1550s-1e5a6r0lAsyr, t huMr. S ackler Mrs.H arFte ssenden
Galle5r1y9,8 6.2(5c1aa1t 3.) Mr.M artiJn.G .G lynn
Ms.S hirlZe.Jy o hnson
Page 3D5e2t:a iMloo,n ,T urkeIys.t anbcual1.. 5 95T,o pkaPpa1l acMeu seumI,s tanbul, Mr.G regorKyi nsey
•3632•,. 12(bc a6t6.) Mr.J amelsi nott t
Mr.H .C hristoplhuecre
LibraorfCy o ngreCsost ologing·in·PDuabtlai cotion MrsC.o nstanCc.eM iller
Fahra dM.a ssumeh. Mrs.S usaPni llsbury
Falnam:tah eb ooko fo mensI MassumeFha rhaadn dS erpBialg ci. Mr.D aviSdo lo
p. em. Mr.l eopoSlwde rgold
HPublisbhyet dh e Freer oGfaA lrltae nrdty h eA rthuMr. S acklGearl lery on MrsP.a triPc.Ti aan g
theo ccasiooftn h ee xhibitFiaolnn amTah:eB ooko fO mensO.c tobe2r4 ,2 009- Mr.l adislvaounsH offman
Janua2r4y,2 010o,r ganibzyet dh eA rthuMr. S adleGra lleSrmyi,t hsonian
Instiiotn.u"t fxO fficio
Includbeisb liograrpehfiecraeln acnedis n dex. Mr.G .W ayneC lough
ISB9N7 8·0·934686(·h1a5r-d0c over) Mr.R ichaKrudr in
ISB9N7 8·0·9)46·8J6( ·p1b4k .) Mr.J uliRaanb y
1.I lluminaotfbi ooonk asn dm anuscriIpstlsa,m ic-Exhib2i.Ft ailonnasm.a s
ExhibitiIo.Bn asg.c Sie,r piIlIA..r thuMr. S acklGearl le(rSym ithsonIinasnt itution)
Honorary
IlTli.t le.
MrsC.y nthHieal ms
NOZ955.2I03079
SiJro sepHho tung
745.6'7091767-dCZ>
2009016752
ArthMur.S oclcGlaelrl ery
Heado fD esigann dP roductKiaorne:Sn a saki
EditoNrasn:c yE ickJealn,le u saka
CatalogDuees igRno:b erLt.W iser
ExhibitGiroanp hiNcasn:c yH acskaylo
Imagaen dP hotSoe rvicJeosh:Tn s antes
Righatnsd R eproductCioornyG: r ace
ExhibitCiooonr dinatCohresr:Sy olb asK.e llSyw ain
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TypesienWt h itney Smithsonian
Frrero AfGr taa 1ll1da y
Printientd h eU niteSdt atoefsA merica Artl,w\-rS1 a.c kGltrlrl )l'r r
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8 ForewoErlda,hM ei r-DjOamliadlyia r ��-) s-s
11 ForewoJrudl,iR aanby
13 Notteo t hRee ader
14 Sponsors • Jo,Y '(.JJ
15 MapO:t tomaannd S afavWiodr ldisnt heS ixteeCnetnht ury
19 TheA rto fB ibliomancy
SerpBialg ca1n dM assumFeahr had
27 TheF alnamiant heS ixteeanntdhS eventeeCnetnht uries
MassumFeahr haanddS erpBialg c1
41 TheM anuscripts
MassumFeahr haandd S erpBialg c1
43 TheD ispersFeadl nama
53 TheT opkaPpe1r siFaanl nam(aT SHM. 1702)
6o TheD resdeFna lnam(aE 445)
68 TheF alnamoafA hmed1 ( TSHM. 137l0
77 Exhibition Catalogue
78 Worda sP rotection
CONTENTS 97 AbrahamTirca ditions
117 IslamTirca ditions
148 Idolatry
153 SagesH.e roeasn.d V illains
173 TheZ odiac
185 TheH ereafter
198 Beyontdh eF alnama
218 OtheFro liforso mt heD ispersFeadl nama
22 1 IslamDiicv inatiinto hneC ontext
ofI t"sE astearnnd"" WesterCno"u nterparts
MariMaa vroudi
23 1 AncieWnits doma ndN ewS ciencPerso:p hecaitet sh e
Ottoman Coinut rhteF ifteentEha ralnSydi xteeCnetnht uries
CornHe.lF ll eischer
245 TheC osmologOircdaelor f T hingisnE arlMyo derSna favIirda n
KathrByanb ayan
25 6 AppendAi:xR eproductainodnT sr anslations
oft heD ispersFeadl namHa.,1 7a0n2dH, . 1703
TranslabtyWe hde elMe.rT hacksJtroa.nn,,d S ergTeouir kin
306 AppendBi:xC omparatTiavbel eosfO mens
309 Endnotes
332 Bibolgriaphy
341 Contributors
341 Photcor edits
342 Index
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Foreword
ElahMei r-DjaOlmaildiy aPrh,. D.
PresideRnots,h aCnu lturHaelr itaIgnes titute
TheR oshaCnu ltuHrearli taIgnes titiuspt lee asaendd p roud themt,h eS mithsoniGaanl'lse roifAe ssi aanr atr eo pening
toc ontribtuott heee xhibitFiao/nn amTah:eB oookf O mens upn ewv istoansl argaer eaosfa rtisrteilci,g iaonudhs i,s torical
organizbeyt dh eF reeGra lleorfAy r ta ndt heA rthuMr. S ackler understandWie nwgo.u lldi kees peciatlocl oyn gratuDlraJ.tu el ian
Galleorfty h eS mithsonIinasnt ituItnidoene.td h,im su lti-authoredR,a byf ohri ss uppoarntd e ncouragemoeftn hti esx hibitpiroonj ect.
fulillyl ustrcaatteadl orgeuper esennottos n layn e nlightened andM assumeFha rhaPdh,. Da.n,dt hes taoffft heF reearn d
introducttoti hoene xhibitbiuota nl sao m ajosrc holarly SacklGearl lerfioears r emarkaebxlhei biatinodan c companying
contribuitnai nodno fi tself. catalogue. aTrheaa lnskdosu et ot hew idev arieotfpy u blic
TheF a/nafmoac usoenst hea rotf d ivinatfieoant,u rai snegr ies andp rivactoel lecttihoanctso ntributtheemd o ret hasni xty works
ofi llustrtaetxetcdso nstitumtaijnogwr o rkosf a rnto tabfloetr heir ofa ritn cludmeadn,y o fw hichha ven eveprr evioubseleyn
monumentsailz sep,e ctaccuolmapro sitiaonndus n,u susaulb ject exhibiptuebdl icly.
matteTrh.e seex traordminaanruys cridprtaswo ni magefrryo m TheR oshaCnu ltuHrearli taIgnes titiusat neo nprofit
AbrahamiIscl,a maincd,l iterary trTahdeiytt hiuoosnf sf.en re w organizastuipopno rttihnepg r eservattriaonns,m issainodn ,
perspectoinvt ehsed ailcyo ncerannsdr eligidooucst rionfe s instrucotfiP oenr sicaunl tuTrhee.I nstitduoteest hitsh rough
peoplweh ol ivefdi vheu ndreyde arasg oT.h em anuscriwpetrse partnerswhiitpohst henro nproifnistt itutiinocnlsu.dm ianjgo r
creatdeudr itnhge r eigonft heS afavriudl eSrh ahT ahmasibnI ran museumssu cha st heF reearn dS acklGearl lerIines se.l ecting
anda tt heh eigohftt heO ttomaEnm pirienT urkedyu,r intgh e projecttoss u pporwte,a reg uidebdyt hosvea luaesn dp rinciples
sixteeanntdhe arlsye venteecnetnht urAicecso. rdintghleyay,l so thautp holad c ommunitfya:i rness, toleranacnedt, h er espect,
affonredw i nsigihnttsto h er icahr tisatnidcc u ltuerxaclh anges desitroei mprocvoem municatainodun n derstanadmionngg
betweetnh eP ersiaanndO ttomaenm pireesv,e na tt heh eigohft peoplfer omd iverse backgIrnoo uurnv dise.wt ,h eF a/nama
theiporl itriicvaall ry. exhibitainodtn h icsa taloagrueee xceptiofnraolma lolf t hese
TheF a/nammaan uscritpodt ast hea ver emainleadr gely perspectainvder se presmeanjto ard vanciensp romotinnogto nly
unpublisIhneo df.f ertihnefg i rmsatj oerx hibiteivoedrne votteod artistic achibuetva elmseionn tt erculutnudrearls tanding.
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