Mughal and Safavid Albums

Name: Mughal and Safavid Albums
Start: 2014-09-14T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Museum of Islamic Art

This exhibition displayed a selection of MIA’s miniature paintings and calligraphic compositions that were once part of Safavid and Mughal-era albums. The term “album” is a translation of the Arabic and Persian word muraqqa’, which denotes an object that has been patched together.