The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"The Mi'raj or The Night Flight of Muhammad on his Steed Buraq", Folio 3v from a Bustan of Sa`di

Sultan Muhammad Nur

Date

ca. 1525–35

Medium

Ink, gold, and colors on paper

Dimensions

Painting: H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm) W. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Object type

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Classification

Codices

Country

present-day Uzbekistan and Afghanistan

Object number

1974.294.2

Credit line

Purchase, Louis V. Bell Fund and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1974

The Met object ID 452670. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.