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A Stallion

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A Stallion; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 1992.51.

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The Gunpowder Empires

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Overview

An album drawing of a horse; about 1601–1606, Herat or Afghan Khurasan. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “A Stallion”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/hisal-album/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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