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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe exhibition highlights both opulent and everyday objects. Among the treasures is a 16th-century Khamsah by Persian poet Nizami, resplendent with gold leaf and miniature paintings, alongside an 18th-century Qur\u2019an displaying masterful calligraphy of Surat al-Fatihah. Rare historical items include the only known U.S. copies of 18th-century Ottoman printed maps of the Black Sea and Persian Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A poignant centerpiece is the 1863 Arabic letter by Omar ibn Said, a West African scholar enslaved in North Carolina, expressing his yearning for homeland. Nearby, a West African Dala\u2019il al-khayrat prayer book with its original leather case offers context to ibn Said\u2019s spiritual world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibition underscores Islam\u2019s role in global knowledge exchange. Notable examples include 9th-century Arabic translations of Euclid\u2019s Elements and Ottoman adaptations of European medical texts like Herbario Novo. A spine-less 18th-century Mukhtasar legal manual, crammed with handwritten notes, reveals practical scholarly traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The display reflects classical Islamic knowledge systems while tracing cross-cultural dialogues with Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yale University\u2019s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library has launched “Taught by the Pen: The World of Islamic Manuscripts”, a landmark exhibition running through August 10, the university\u2019s website reported. The showcase features 150 artifacts from Yale\u2019s collection of nearly 5,000 Islamic manuscripts, spanning the 9th to 20th centuries and representing diverse regions from West …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":123110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[13855,13854],"class_list":["post-123109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-islamic-manuscripts-global-legacy","tag-yale-university-exhibition"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-140543-1024x675.png\")
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