Islamic miniature

Small Islamic paintings on paper

Islamic miniatures are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks. The earliest examples date from around 1000 AD, with a flourishing of the artform from around 1200 AD. The field is divided by scholars into four types, Arabic, Persian, Mughal (Indian), Ottoman (Turkish) .^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Miniature Painting". The David Collection. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ "Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination" (PDF). Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 28 (10): 166–171. October 1933.

Islamic art

Architecture

Regional styles	Abbasid Ayyubid Azerbaijani Chinese Fatimid Hausa Indo-Islamic Bengali Deccan Qutb Shahi Mughal Indonesian / Malaysian Iranian (Khorasani, Isfahani, Vernacular) Mamluk Moorish Mudéjar Ottoman Seljuk Somali Sudano-Sahelian Swahili Tatar Timurid Umayyad Yemeni
Elements	Ablaq Banna'i Iwan Jali Mashrabiya Mihrab Minaret Mocárabe Muqarnas Sitara Stucco decoration See also Decoration

Arts

Regional styles	Bangladeshi Persian (Early, Qajar, Safavid) Turkish (Ottoman)
Carpets	Gul Kilim Motifs Persian Turkish Prayer
Pottery	Fritware Hispano-Moresque İznik Lustreware Mina'i ware Persian Chinese influence
Textiles	Batik Damask Ikat Embroidery Soumak Suzani
Woodwork	Khatam Minbar
Other media	Music Brass Damascus steel Enamelled glass Glass Hardstone carving Ivory carving Mosque lamp Stained glass Shabaka

Arts of
the book

Miniatures	Arabic Mughal Ottoman Persian
Calligraphy	Arabic Diwani Indo-Muslim Kufic Muhaqqaq Naskh Nastaʿlīq Persian Sini Taʿlīq Thuluth Tughra
Other arts	Muraqqa Hilya Ottoman illumination