The Selection of objects shown in this book are all from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. The Indian subcontinent is a land naturally rich in gems and original home of the connoisseurship of gemstones and jewelled arts. From ancient times its master jewellers developed a wide array of unique techniques and made it home to the most highly developed range of jewelled arts on earth.

This volume illustrates 300 from among the most beautiful objects in The al-Sabah collection and, for those exploring the Islamic world for the first time, describes its culture and art on a chronological (from the early days to the great sixteenth-century empires) and thematic basis (calligraphy, geometric decoration, arabesques and figurative art). Lastly, there is a section dedicated to jewels, for which the collection is renowned worldwide.

This 2013 exhbition catalogue presents a selection of ancient artefacts from The al-Sabah Collection, most of them displayed for the first time. It illustrates 100 of the most beautiful and important ancient objects in the Collection, most never before reproduced in print. Covering a time span of some 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age up to the dawn of the Islamic era, ‘Splendors of the Ancient East’ presents some of the most beautiful objects in the Near East and beyond including Central and South Asia.

The jewelled arts are more higly developed in the Indian Subcontinent than anywhere else in the world and reached their peak in the period of the Mughals. This full-colour presentation of its fabulously varied achievements, with over 300 photographs accompanied the major exhibition of the same title, which opened at the British Museum, London in mid-2001, then to 11 major museums in the USA, Europe, Russia and the Far East until returning to Kuwait in 2011.

This publication serves as a catalogue of an exhibition of more than 100 objects from The al-Sabah Collection as well as a group of essays tracing the evolution of Islamic art and patronage. This travelling exhibition opened at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg in 1990, travelled for almost 20 years to 23 museums throughout the world, until returning home to Kuwait in 2009.

This catalogue was reprinted for the IAP exhibition at Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Sharjah, UAE 2008 featuring coloured photos of the 109 pieces in the exhibition, with details in Arabic & English – and a brief of the different periods of art from Islamic lands.

A catalogue of the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia exhibition of Islamic art at the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in 1990. It is in written in Arabic & Russian with separate English text.

Based on a special exhibition on the occasion of the Fifth Islamic Summit in Kuwait, January 1987. These artefacts are precious to us all because they form part of our culture. Also they are a true living expression of the various stages of our shared history and everlasting unity, the authentic embodiment of God Almighty’s saying: ‘This nation of yours is one nation’.

Catalogue of an exhibition of Islamic Treasures from Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah at the Museum of Art & History in Geneva, 1985, including a wide variety of objects covering the most important periods of Islamic art from 1st-12th Hijri (7-18th century AD) – including manuscripts, paintings, ceramics, metal work, textiles, and coins.

Historical exhibition of carpets from the 15th to 19th C from North Africa to India on the occasion of the new Islamic Arts Museum, Malaysia, 1999 with beautiful photos and informative text.

This catalogue was printed for the Islamic Art & Patronage exhibition at The National Museum, King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre-Riyadh, 2000 featuring coloured photos of the pieces in the exhibition, with details in Arabic & English – and a brief of the different periods of art from Islamic lands.

This catalogue was printed for the Islamic Art & Patronage exhibition at Mohammad Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Cairo 1999 featuring coloured photos of the pieces in the exhibition, with details in Arabic & English – and a brief of the different periods of art from Islamic lands.

An introduction to The al-Sabah Collection and a commemorative volume marking the opening of the new Museum of Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum (1983).

A catalogue on the occasion of the exhibition of the first European publications on the Arabic-Islamic civilisation from The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, on display at the Institut de Monde Arabe in Paris 1989