Khalili Collections

{{main|Khalili Collection of Islamic Art}}

The Khalili Collections include one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Islamic art{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204616504577172402386772604|title=The British Museum's Pilgrimage|last=McKie|first=Andrew|date=27 January 2012|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=10 September 2019|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-03-29/iranian-student-with-750-turns-billionaire-made-by-islamic-art|title=Iranian Student With $750 Turns Billionaire Made by Islamic Art|last=Green|first=William|date=30 March 2010|work=Bloomberg|access-date=10 September 2019}} and the largest in private hands.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/healing-the-world-with-art-560103.html|title=Healing the world with art|last=Gayford|first=Martin|date=16 April 2004|work=The Independent|access-date=10 September 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f526cb06-98f5-11e1-9da3-00144feabdc0|title=A leap of faith|last=Moore|first=Susan|date=12 May 2012|work=Financial Times|access-date=10 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/2010/12/101214_khalili_collection.shtml|title=BBC World Service – Arts & Culture - Khalili Collection: Picture gallery|date=14 December 2010|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=30 September 2019}} The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art includes 26,000 objects documenting arts from Islamic lands over a period of almost 1400 years. It was described in 1998 as "one of the largest and most representative collections of Quranic manuscripts in the world"{{Cite journal|last=Irwin|first=Robert|date=November 1998|title=Review: Calligraphic Significances: Catalogues of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art|journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies|publisher=Taylor & Francis|volume=25|issue=2|pages=355–361|jstor=40662688}} and is the largest private collection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/the-abbasid-tradition-qurans-of-the-8th-to-the-10th-centuries-ad/|title=The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=10 September 2019}}{{Cite book|title=The Abbasid Tradition Qur'ans of the 8th And 10th Centuries Ad.|date=2005|publisher=I B Tauris & Co Ltd|others=Deroche, Francois.|isbn=9781874780519|oclc=954219022}} Khalili is motivated by a belief that Islamic art is the most beautiful, yet has been underappreciated by the wider world. The collection has been described as presenting art works of interest to Westerners without abstracting them away from the aesthetic standards of Islamic culture. Khalili defines Islamic art as "art produced by Muslim artists for Muslim patrons"; only a minority of the objects have an explicitly religious purpose.

In addition to rare and illustrated manuscripts, the collection includes album and miniature paintings,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/paintings-from-india/|title=Paintings from India|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} lacquer,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/lacquer-of-the-islamic-lands-part-one/|title=Lacquer of the Islamic Lands (Part One and Part Two)|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} ceramics,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/cobalt-and-lustre-the-first-centuries-of-islamic-pottery/|title=Cobalt and Lustre: The first centuries of Islamic pottery|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} glass and rock crystal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/glass-from-sasanian-antecedents-to-european-imitations/|title=Glass: From Sasanian antecedents to European imitations|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} metalwork,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/brasses-bronze-and-silver-of-the-islamic-lands-part-one/|title=Brasses, Bronze & Silver of the Islamic Lands|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} arms and armour,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/the-arts-of-war-arms-and-armour-of-the-7th-to-19th-centuries/|title=The Arts of War: Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th centuries|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} jewellery,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/gems-and-jewels-of-mughal-india-jewelled-and-enamelled-objects-from-the-16th-to-20th-centuries/|title=Gems and Jewels of Mughal India. Jewelled and enamelled objects from the 16th to 20th centuries|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} carpets and textiles,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/textiles-carpets-and-costumes-part-one/|title=Textiles, Carpets and Costumes|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} over 15,000 coins{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/dinars-dirhams-coins-islamic-lands-later-period-part-one/|title=Dinars and Dirhams. Coins of the Islamic lands. The early period (Part One)|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} and architectural elements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/monuments-and-memorials-carvings-and-tile-work-from-the-islamic-world/|title=Monuments and Memorials. Carvings and tile work from the Islamic world|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} The ceramic collection, numbering around 2,000, has been described as particularly strong in pottery of the Timurid era and also pottery of pre-Mongol Bamiyan.{{Cite journal|last=Baker|first=Phil|date=December 1995|title=Khalili's collection|journal=The Art Book|language=en|volume=2|issue=4|pages=8|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8357.1995.tb00290.x|issn=1368-6267}} The jewellery collection includes more than 600 rings, many purely decorative but some with religious inscriptions or having a secular function, such as signet rings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/ornament-and-amulet-rings-of-the-islamic-lands/|title=Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} Around two hundred objects relate to medieval Islamic science and medicine, including astronomical instruments for orienting towards Mecca, scales and weights, and supposedly magical objects intended for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/science-tools-magic-part-one-body-and-spirit-mapping-the-universe/|title=Science, Tools & Magic: (Part One) Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe; (Part Two) Mundane Worlds|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}}

This collection was the basis in 2008 for the first comprehensive exhibition of Islamic art to be staged in the Middle East, at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. This was also the largest exhibition of Islamic art held anywhere up to that date. Exhibitions drawing exclusively from the collection have been held at Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam as well as at many other museums and institutions worldwide.

The collection includes folios from manuscripts with Persian miniatures, including the Great Mongol Shahnameh (c. 1330s), ten folios from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (c. 1520),{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/the-tale-and-the-image-volume-one-history-and-epic-paintings-from-iran-and-turkey/|title=The Tale and the Image Volume One. History and epic paintings from Iran and Turkey|website=Khalili Collections|access-date=2025-06-09}} and 59 folios from the oldest manuscript of the Jami al-tawarikh (1314), Rashid-al-Din’s world history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-the-jami-al-tawarikh-of-rashid-al-din-mss727-folio-54a/|title=Islamic Art {{!}} The Jami' al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} There is also a 13th-century saddle from the era of Genghis Khan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-saddle-fittings-and-horse-trappings-mtw795/|title=Islamic Art {{!}} Saddle Fittings and Horse Trappings|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} and an astrolabe commissioned by Shah Jahan (1648–58).{{Cite book |last=Sarma |first=Sreeramula Rajeswara |title=Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures |publisher=BRILL |year=2019 |isbn=978-90-04-38786-7 |editor1-last=Rodríguez-Arribas |editor1-first=Josefina |pages=198–262 |language=en |chapter=A Monumental Astrolabe Made for Shāh Jahān and Later Reworked with Sanskrit Legends |editor2-last=Burnett |editor2-first=Charles |editor3-last=Ackermann |editor3-first=Silke |editor4-last=Szpiech |editor4-first=Ryan |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZGFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198}}

The Wall Street Journal has called it the greatest collection of Islamic Art in existence. According to Edward Gibbs, Chairman of Middle East and India at Sotheby's, it is the best such collection in private hands.

Khalili Collection Islamic Art mtw 0795.1 CROP.jpg|Saddle fittings and horse trappings, Central Asia or Western frontiers of China, circa 1200

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art 01.jpg|Single folio from the Codex Parisino-petropolitanus, one of the oldest manuscripts of the Quran

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art 03.jpg|Folio from the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, Tabriz, 1520s–1540s

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0727 fol 45a det.jpg|Noah's Ark, from The Jami‘ al-Tawarikh of Rashid al-Din, Tabriz, 1314–15

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art 05.jpg|A monumental planispheric astrolabe made for Shah Jahan, Punjab, 1648–58

File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art 02.jpg|Carpet with star medallions, Uşak, Turkey, late 15th or early 16th century

{{main|Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage}}

Alongside the Topkapı Palace museum, the collection is considered the largest and most significant group of objects relating to the cultural history of the Hajj.{{Cite book|title=Holy Makkah: a Celebration of Unity|last=Scotland|first=Patricia|publisher=FIRST|year=2017|isbn=9780995728141|location=London|chapter=Foreword|author-link=Patricia Scotland}} It holds objects and archival documents from all over the Islamic world, from the Umayyad period to the 21st century. It includes over 300 textiles and many other objects such as coins, medals, miniatures, manuscripts and photographs relating to Mecca and Medina. In total, the collection contains approximately 5,000 objects.{{Cite web|title=Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/|access-date=2022-02-02|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US}} Among them are a mahmal (AH 1067 (AD 1656–7)) commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet IV,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/khalili-collection-hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage-a-complete-cover-for-a-damascus-mahmal-txt289/|title=Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage {{!}} A Complete Cover...|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=17 September 2019}} sitaras (textile coverings) for the door of the Kaaba,{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/themes/hajj/the_sacred_textiles_of_mecca.aspx|title=The sacred textiles of Mecca|website=Hajj|publisher=British Museum|language=en-GB|access-date=30 September 2019}} for the mosque of the Prophet in Medina, and for the Station of Abraham, the earliest known accurate eyewitness account of Mecca{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/khalili-collection-islamic-art-panoramic-view-of-mecca-mss1077/|title=Islamic Art {{!}} Panoramic View of Mecca|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} and some of the earliest photographs taken of Mecca and the Hajj, by Mohammed Sadiq Bey.{{Cite web|url=http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;2;en|title=Photographic views of Hajj, by Muhammad Sadiq Bey|last=Khan|first=Qaisra|website=Discover Islamic Art|publisher=Museum With No Frontiers|access-date=30 September 2019}}

File:Khalili Collection Hajj Mahmal cover.jpg|A complete cover for a Damascus mahmal, Istanbul, 16th century

File:Khalili Collection Hajj Kabah curtain.jpg|Curtain for door of the Kaaba, Cairo, 1015 AH (1606 AD)

File:Khalili Collection Hajj Mecca panorama.jpg|Panoramic view of Mecca, 1845

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{{main|Khalili Collection of Aramaic Documents}}

The collection comprises 48 historically significant Aramaic documents from Ancient Bactria, consisting of mainly letters and accounts related to the court of the satrap of Bactria. Together these letters and accounts make up the oldest known correspondence of the administration of Bactria and Sogdiana.{{Cite book|title=Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria (fourth century BCE.) from the Khalili collections|last1=Naveh|first1=Joseph|last2=Shaked|first2=Shaul|publisher=Khalili Family Trust|year=2012|isbn=978-1874780748|location=London|pages=x|oclc=818222949}} The documents, written in Official Aramaic, were likely to originate from the historical city of Balkh and all are dated within a period of less than 30 years, between 353 BC to 324 BC.{{Cite book|title=Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria (fourth century BCE.) from the Khalili collections|last1=Naveh|first1=Joseph|last2=Shaked|first2=Shaul|publisher=Khalili Family Trust|year=2012|isbn=978-1874780748|location=London|pages=18|oclc=818222949}} The newest of the documents was written during Alexander the Great’s early reign in the region, using the name ‘Alexandros’ (‘Iksndrs’) by which he later became known.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/aramaic-documents/khalili-collection-aramaic-documents-a-long-list-of-supplies-disbursed-ia17/|title=Aramaic Documents {{!}} A Long List of Supplies...|date=2016|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=10 September 2019}}

{{main|Khalili Collection of Japanese Art}}

The collection of Meiji decorative arts is only comparable in terms of quality to the collection of the Japanese Imperial family. It comprises over 2,200 pieces, including metalwork, enamels, lacquer, textiles and ceramics.{{Cite web |title=Japanese Art of the Meiji Period |url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/japanese-art-of-the-meiji-period/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Khalili Collections |language=}} The Meiji period saw a cultural revolution in Japan where traditional tastes were met with international ones. Since the beginning of Emperor Meiji’s reign in Japan, European and international collectors have sought pieces of Japanese art from this era. Many works in the collections were produced by Imperial Court artists and were exhibited at the Great Exhibitions of the late 19th century.{{Cite book|title=Splendors of Meiji : treasures of imperial Japan : masterpieces from the Khalili Collection|last=Earle|first=Joe|publisher=Broughton International Inc|year=1999|isbn=1874780137|location=St. Petersburg, Fla.|pages=10|oclc=42476594}} These imperial court artists include Shibata Zeshin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/shibata-zeshin-masterpieces-of-japanese-lacquer-from-the-khalili-collection/|title=Shibata Zeshin, Masterpieces of Japanese lacquer from the Khalili Collection|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} Namikawa Yasuyuki,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/meiji-no-takara-treasures-of-imperial-japan-enamel/|title=MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Enamel|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} Makuzu Kozan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/treasures-of-imperial-japan-ceramics-from-the-khalili-collection/|title=Treasures of Imperial Japan, Ceramics from the Khalili Collection|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} Yabu Meizan, Kano Natsuo,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/meiji-no-takara-treasures-of-imperial-japan-metalwork-part-one/|title=MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Metalwork Parts One & Two|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} Suzuki Chokichi,{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/japanese-art-of-the-meiji-period/khalili-collections-japanese-art-of-the-meiji-period-incense-burner-and-cover-m62/|title=Japanese Art of the Meiji Period {{!}} Incense Burner...|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} and Shirayama Shosai.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/meiji-no-takara-treasures-of-imperial-japan-lacquer-part-one/|title=MEIJI NO TAKARA - Treasures of Imperial Japan; Lacquer Part One|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}}

Exhibitions drawing exclusively from the collection have been held at the British Museum, Israel Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Portland Museum, Moscow Kremlin Museums, and at many other museums and institutions worldwide.

Khalili Collection Japanese Meiji Art M072 CROP.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Incense burner (Koro), Japan, 1890

Khalili_Collection_Japanese_Meijji_pair_of_samurai.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Pair of samurai figures, Japan, 1890

Khalili_Collection_Japanese_Meijji_waves_panel.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|"Waves" panel by Shibata Zeshin, 1888-1890

Khalili Collection Japanese Meiji Art S30.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Earthenware bowl by Yabu Meizan, circa 1910

{{main|Khalili Collection of Kimono}}

The collection represents three hundred years of the Japanese textile industry and contains over 450 garments. The garments have been worn to demonstrate gender, age, status and wealth throughout Japan's history. The core of the collection is made up of kimono from the Edo (1603–1868), Meiji (1868–1912), Taisho (1912–1926) and early Showa (1926–1989) eras.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/kimono/|title=Khalili Collections {{!}} Kimono|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=10 September 2019}}{{Cite book|title=Kimono : the art and evolution of Japanese fashion : the Khalili collections|isbn=9780500518021|location=London|oclc=917375803|editor-last1 = Jackson|editor-first1 = Anna|year = 2015}}

File:Khalili Collection Kimono 02.jpg|Kimono for a young woman (furisode), Japan, 1912-1926

File:Khalili Collection Kimono 01.jpg|Outer kimono for a woman (uchikake), Japan, 1920-1930

File:Khalili Collection Kimono 03.jpg|Outer kimono for a young woman (uchikake), Japan, 1840-1870

File:Khalili Collection Kimono 04.jpg|Kimono for a girl (furisode), Japan, 1920-1940

{{main|Khalili Collection of Swedish Textiles}}

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The collection consists mostly of textile panels, cushion and bed covers from the Scania region of southern Sweden, dating in the main from a hundred-year-old period of the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries. The majority of the pieces in the collection were made for wedding ceremonies in the region. While they played a part in the ceremonies, they were also a reflection of the artistry and skill of the weaver. Their designs often consist of symbolic illustrations of fertility and long life. The entire collection is made up of 100 pieces. In 2008 it was described as "the only extensive collection of Swedish flatweaves outside the country".{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e3450b58-f171-11dc-a91a-0000779fd2ac|title=The collection is a symphony|last=Moore|first=Susan|date=17 March 2008|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=30 September 2019}}

Exhibitions drawing exclusively from the collection have been held at the Swedish Cultural Institute in Paris and Boston University Art Gallery.

{{main|Khalili Collection of Spanish Metalwork}}

File:Khalili Collection Spanish Damascene Metalwork cassone, Elbar.jpg, 1871]]

One of the largest collections of its kind, the Spanish Metalwork collection pays homage to the Zuloaga family, which played a major part in the preservation of damascening in Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/ornament-and-malta/|title=Metal Magic: Spanish Treasures from the Khalili Collection, The Auberge de Provence, Valetta, Malta|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} The collection contains pieces created by Plácido Zuloaga between 1834 and 1910. Some of the pieces, such as a giant iron cassone (marriage chest), were originally acquired by the 19th-century English collector, Alfred Morrison.{{Cite web |title=Spanish Damascene Metalwork |url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/spanish-damascene-metalwork/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Khalili Collections |language=en-US}} The entire collection comprises over 150 pieces, 22 of which are signed by Plácido Zuloaga.

At the opening of the Khalili Zuloaga exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, its then director Alan Borg said it was "a landmark in the study of 19th-century Spanish decorative art".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasserdkhalili.com/media/comments-and-reviews/|title=Comments & Reviews|date=December 2009|website=nasserdkhalili.com|language=en-GB|access-date=10 September 2019}} Other exhibitions also drawing exclusively from the collection have been held at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum and the Alhambra Palace in Granada.

{{main|Khalili Collection of Enamels of the World}}

The collection consists of over 1,500 pieces and showcases the global significance and evolution of enamelling, covering a 300-year period.{{Cite web |title=Enamels Of The World |url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/enamels-of-the-world/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Khalili Collections |language=}} It is the most comprehensive private collection of its kind.{{Cite web |title=Enamels Of The World |url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/enamels-of-the-world/ |access-date=30 September 2019 |website=Khalili Collections |language=en-US}} The uniqueness of the collection lies in its geographic, artistic and historical range, including pieces from China, Japan, Islamic countries and Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/enamels-of-the-world-1700-2000/|title=Enamels of the World – 1700–2000|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=10 September 2019}} Objects include the enamelled chariot belonging to the Indian Maharaja of Bhavnagar{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/enamels-of-the-world/khalili-collection-enamels-of-the-world-landau-carriage-ind1008/|title=Enamels of the World {{!}} Landau Carriage|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} and a painted enamel throne table with the seal mark of the 18th century Chinese Qianlong emperor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/enamels-of-the-world/khalili-collections-enamels-of-the-world-throne-table-ch648/|title=Enamels of the World {{!}} Throne Table|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US|access-date=30 September 2019}} Other objects include presentation chargers, jewellery, miniatures and ornamental pieces.

At the 2009–10 Enamels of the world exhibition held at the State Hermitage Museum, its director Mikhail Piotrovsky said "Unique in its scope, the Collection reveals the remarkable technical achievements of the enamellers and encourages a greater awareness of the range of their activity."

Khalili_Collection_Enamels_of_the_World_Chariot_of_Maharaja_of_Bhavnagar_CROP.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Enamelled chariot belonging to the Indian Maharaja of Bhavnagar

Khalili_Collection_Enamels_of_the_World_throne_table_CROP.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Painted enamel throne table with the seal mark of the Qianlong emperor

Khalili Collection Enamels of the World FR 990X.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|19th-century Limoges plaque depicting the crucifixion, the largest known single-piece enamel painting

Khalili Collection Enamels of the World CHI744.jpg|alt=Refer to caption|Panel from a set of eight bearing poems by Yu Minzhong

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The Khalili Collections are represented in 70 publications, including exhibition catalogues, with work in progress to extend this to 100. The total costs associated with the conservation, research, scholarship, and publication of the collections are estimated to be in the tens of millions of pounds.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-market-mysterious-gifts-from-the-east-who-is-the-man-who-has-collected-islams-finest-treasures-1563284.html|title=Art Market: Mysterious gifts from the East|last=Norman|first=Geraldine|date=13 December 1992|work=The Independent|access-date=10 September 2019}}

• {{cite book|author1=Déroche|first=François|title=Volume I – The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780519|author-link=François Déroche}}
• {{cite book|author1=James|first=David|title=Volume II – The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 10th to 14th centuries AD|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780526}}
• {{cite book|author1=James|first=David|title=Volume III – After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th centuries|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276020}}
• {{cite book|last1=Bayani|first1=Manijeh|last2=Contadini|first2=Anna|last3=Stanley|first3=Tim|title=Volume IV, Part I – The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries|year=1999|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276037}}
• {{cite book|last1=Bayani|first1=Manijeh|last2=Contadini|first2=Anna|last3=Stanley|first3=Tim|title=Volume IV, Part II – The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries|year=2009|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780540}}
• {{cite book|author1=Safwat|first=Nabil F.|title=Volume V – The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries|year=1996|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276044}}
• {{cite book|author1=Khan|first=Geoffrey|title=Volume VI – Bills, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries|year=1993|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780564|author-link=Geoffrey Khan}}
• {{cite book|author1=Freeman|first=Deborah|title=Volume VII – Learning, Piety and Poetry. Manuscripts from the Islamic world|year=1993|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780847}}
• {{cite book|author1=Leach|first=Linda York|title=Volume VIII – Paintings from India|year=1998|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276242}}
• {{cite book|author1=Grube|first=Ernst J.|title=Volume IX – Cobalt and Lustre: The first centuries of Islamic pottery|year=1994|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276075|author-link=Ernst J. Grube}}
• {{cite book|author1=Grube|first=Ernst J.|title=Volume X – A Rival to China. Later Islamic pottery|year=2007 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780878}}
• {{cite book|author1=Spink|first=Michael|title=Volume XI – Brasses, Bronze & Silver of the Islamic Lands, Part I and II|date=1992 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780885}}
• {{cite book|author1=Maddison|first=Francis|title=Volume XII – Science, Tools & Magic: Body and Spirit, Mapping the Universe, Part I and Mundane Bodies, Part II|year=1997|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276105}}
• {{cite book|author1=Bayani|first=Manijeh|title=Volume XIII – Seals and Talismans|year=1997|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780779}}
• {{cite book|author1=Cohen|first=Steven|title=Volume XIV – Textiles, Carpets and Costumes, Part I and II|date=31 December 2011 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780786}}
• {{cite book|author1=Goldstein|first=Sidney M.|title=Volume XV – Glass: From Sasanian antecedents to European imitations|year=2005|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780502}}
• {{cite book|author1=Wenzel|first=Marian|title=Volume XVI – Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276143|author-link=Marian Wenzel}}
• {{cite book|last1=Spink|first1=Michael|last2=Ogden|first2=Jack|title=Volume XVII – The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic lands|year=2013|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780861|author-link2=Jack Ogden (jewellery historian)}}
• {{cite book|author1=Carvalho|first=Pedro Moura|title=Volume XVIII – Gems and Jewels of Mughal India. Jewelled and enamelled objects from the 16th to 20th centuries|year=2010|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780724}}
• {{cite book|last=Vardanyan|first=Aram R.|title=Volume XIX – Dinars and Dirhams. Coins of the Islamic lands. The early period, Part I|year=2022 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780823}}
• {{cite book|last=Vardanyan|first=Aram R.|title=Volume XX – Dinars and Dirhams. Coins of the Islamic lands. The later period, Part II|year=2022 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780830}}
• {{cite book|author1=Alexander|first=David|title=Volume XXI – The Arts of War: Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th centuries|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780618}}
• {{cite book|last1=Khalili|first1=Nasser D.|last2=Robinson|first2=B. W.|last3=Stanley|first3=Tim|title=Volume XXII – Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part I|year=1996|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780625}}
• {{cite book|last1=Khalili|first1=Nasser D.|last2=Robinson|first2=B. W.|last3=Stanley|first3=Tim|title=Volume XXII – Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part II|year=1997|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780632}}
• {{cite book|author1=Vernoit|first=Stephen|title=Volume XXIII – Occidentalism. Islamic Art in the 19th Century|year=1997|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9780197276204}}
• {{cite book|last1=Pinder-Wilson|first1=Ralph|last2=Chida-Razvi|first2=Mehreen |title=Volume XXIV – Monuments and Memorials. Carvings and tile work from the Islamic world|date=28 April 2006 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780854|author1-link=Ralph Pinder-Wilson}}
• {{cite book|last1=Sims|first1=Eleanor|last2=Bayani|first2=Manijeh|last3=Stanley|first3=Tim|title=Volume XXV, Part I – The Tale and the Image. Illustrated manuscripts and album paintings from Iran and Turkey (Part One)|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780809|date=28 February 2006}}
• {{cite book|last1=Rogers|first1=J. M.|author1-link=J. M. Rogers|last2=Bayani|first2=Manijeh|title=Volume XXV, Part II – The Tale and the Image. Illustrated manuscripts and album paintings from Iran and Turkey (Part Two)|date=31 December 2017 |publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780816}}
• {{cite book|author1=Blair|first=Shelia|title=Volume XXVII – A Compendium of Chronicles: Rashid al-Din's illustrated history of the world|year=1995|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780656|location=|pages=|author-link=Sheila Blair}}

• {{cite book|author1=Khan|first=Geoffrey|title=Volume I – Selected Arabic Papyri|year=1992|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780663|author-link=Geoffrey Khan}}
• {{cite book|author1=Soucek|first=Svat|title=Volume II – Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking after Columbus, The Khalili Portolan Atlas|year=1996|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780670|author-link=Svat Soucek}}
• {{cite book|author1=Sims-Williams|first=Nicholas|title=Volume III – (Part One) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan, Legal and Economic Documents|year=2012|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780922|author-link=Nicholas Sims-Williams}}
• {{cite book|author1=Sims-Williams|first=Nicholas|title=Volume III – (Part Two) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan, Letters and Buddhist Texts|year=2007|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780908}}
• {{cite book|author1=Sims-Williams|first=Nicholas|title=Volume III – (Part Three) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan, Plates|year=2012|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780915}}
• {{cite book|author1=Goodwin|first=Tony|title=Volume IV – Arab-Byzantine Coinage|year=2005|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780755}}
• {{cite book|author1=Khan|first=Geoffrey|title=Volume V – Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan|year=2007|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780717}}
• {{cite book|author1=Chaldecott|first=Nada|title=Volume VI – Turcoman Jewellery|year=2020|publisher=The Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780939}}

• {{cite book|last1=Naveh|first1=Joseph|last2=Shaked|first2=Shaul|title=Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria|year=2012|publisher=Khalili Family Trust|isbn=9781874780748}}

• {{cite book|first1=Oliver|last1=Impey|first2=Malcolm|last2=Fairley|title=Volume I – MEIJI NO TAKARA – Treasures of Imperial Japan; Selected Essays|year=1995|publisher=Kibo Foundation|isbn=9781874780014}}
• {{cite book|first1=Oliver|last1=Impey|first2=Malcolm|last2=Fairley|title=Volume II – MEIJI NO TAKARA – Treasures of Imperial Japan; Metalwork Parts One & Two|year=1995|publisher=Kibo Foundation|isbn=9781874780021}}
• {{cite book|first1=Oliver|last1=Impey|first2=Malcolm|last2=Fairley|title=Volume III – MEIJI NO TAKARA – Treasures of Imperial Japan; Enamel|year=1995|publisher=Kibo Foundation|isbn=9781874780038}}
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• {{cite book|author1=Hansen|first=Viveka|author2=Institutet för Kulturforskning|title=Swedish Textile Art: Traditional Marriage Weavings from Scania: The Khalili Collection|date=1996|publisher=Nour Foundation|isbn=9781874780076}}

• {{cite book|last1=Lavin|first1=James D.|last2=Larrañaga|first2=Ramiro|title=The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection|year=1997|publisher=Khalili Family Trust|isbn=9781874780113}}

• {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Haydn|title=Enamels of the World, 1700-2000: The Khalili Collections|year=2009|publisher=Khalili Family Trust|isbn=9781874780175}}

The following exhibitions were drawn exclusively from the Khalili Collections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasserdkhalili.com/the-eight-collections/|title=The Eight Collections|website=nasserdkhalili.com|access-date=10 September 2019}}

This collection was the basis in 2008 for the first comprehensive exhibition of Islamic art to be staged in the Middle East, at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. This was also the largest exhibition of Islamic art held anywhere up to that date. Exhibitions drawing exclusively from the collection have been held at Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam as well as at many other museums and institutions worldwide.

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

• July – Sep 1995 Musee Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
• July – Oct 1996 Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
• Dec 1996 – June 1997 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
• Feb – Apr 2000 Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Marvels of the East: Indian Paintings of the Mughal Period from the Khalili Collection

• May – July 2000, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

• July – Oct 2000 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Oct 2000 – Jan 2001 Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
• Jan – Apr 2001 Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
• Aug – Oct 2001 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
• Oct 2001 – Jan 2002 Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
• Feb – Apr 2002 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• May – July 2002 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
• Aug 2002 – Jan 2003 Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

Ornements de la Perse: Islamic Patterns in 19th Century Europe

• Oct – Dec 2002 Leighton House Museum, London, UK

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection

• Feb – Apr 2003 Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
• May – Aug 2003 Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
• Aug – Nov 2003 Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, USA
• Nov 2003 – Feb 2004 Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection

• June – Sep 2007 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web|date=25 June 2007|title=Collector shares beauty of Islamic art with world|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/collector-shares-beauty-of-islamic-art-with-world-1.689313|access-date=2020-09-24|website=CBC}}
• Jan – May 2008 Gallery One, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Oct 2009 – Mar 2010 Institut du monde arabe, Paris, France

Passion for Perfection: Islamic Art from the Khalili Collection

• Dec 2010 – Apr 2011 Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Japanese Imperial Craftsmen: Meiji Art from the Khalili Collection

• Sep 1994 – Jan 1995 British Museum, London, UK

Treasures of Imperial Japan: Ceramics from the Khalili Collection

• Oct 1994 – Jan 1995 National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection

• Apr – Oct 1997 National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan

• Apr – Oct 1999 First USA Riverfront Arts Centre, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Shibata Zeshin: Masterpieces of Japanese Lacquer from the Khalili Collection

• Oct – Nov 1999 Toyama Sato Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
• Nov 2000 – Mar 2001 Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany

Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection

• June – Sep 2002 Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA

Splendors of Imperial Japan: Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection

• Sep 2004 – Feb 2005 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Wonders of Imperial Japan: Meiji Art from the Khalili Collection

• July – Oct 2006 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Meiji-Kunst & Japonismus: Aus der Sammlung Khalili

• Feb – June 2007 Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria

Beyond Imagination: Treasures of Imperial Japan from The Khalili Collection, 19th to early 20th century

• July – October 2017 Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia

Plácido Zuloaga: Spanish Treasures from The Khalili Collection

• May 1997 – Jan 1998 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

El Arte y Tradición de los Zuloaga: Damasquinado Español de la Colección Khalili

• May – Aug 2000 Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
• Feb – Apr 2001 Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain
• May – Sep 2001 Real Fundacion de Toledo, Toledo, Spain

Plácido Zuloaga: Meisterwerke in gold, silber und eisen damaszener–schmiedekunst aus der Khalili-Sammlung

• Apr – Aug 2003 Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany

Metal Magic: Spanish Treasures from the Khalili Collection

• Nov 2011 – Apr 2012 Auberge de Provence, Valletta, Malta

Swedish Textile Art: The Khalili Collection

• Feb – Mar 1996 IK Foundation, Pildammarnas Vattentorn, Malmo, Sweden

Textiles de Scanie des XVIII et XIX Siècles dans la Collection Khalili

• Mar – May 2000 Swedish Cultural Centre, Paris, France

A Monument to Love: Swedish Marriage Textiles from the Khalili Collection

• Sep – Oct 2003 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Enamels of the World 1700–2000 from the Khalili Collection

• Dec 2009 – Apr 2010 State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

The collections have also loaned art for display in many countries.

Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: The Art of Islam, an exhibition of objects from the Islamic collection and the State Hermitage Museum was seen at

• Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Dec 1999 – Apr 2000
• State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 2000 – Sep 2001
• Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London (as Heaven on Earth: Art From Islamic Lands) – Selected objects from the Khalili Collection and The State Hermitage Museum, March – August 2004

The Khalili Collections were the largest lender to the Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam exhibition at the British Museum from January to April 2012. This was the first major exhibition on the subject of the Hajj{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |date=25 January 2012 |title=Hajj exhibition at British Museum |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/25/hajj-exhibition-british-museum |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |last=Akbar |first=Arifa |date=20 January 2012 |title=Pilgrim's progress: Journey to the Heart of Islam |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/pilgrim-s-progress-journey-to-the-heart-of-islam-6296406.html |access-date=6 September 2022 |website=The Independent}} and its success inspired subsequent exhibitions at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, and the Arab World Institute in Paris which also drew from the Khalili Collections.{{Cite web |last=Mishkhas |first=Abeer |date=26 July 2013 |title=The British Museum's Hajj exhibition inspires Paris, Leiden and Doha |url=https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/a-mishkhas/lifestyle-culture/the-british-museums-hajj-exhibition-inspires-paris-leiden-and-doha |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Asharq Al-Awsat }}{{Cite journal |last=Tamimi Arab |first=Pooyan |date=2020-05-26 |title=Longing for Mecca (Verlangen naar Mekka): Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (February 2019 – January 2020) |journal=Material Religion |language=en |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=394–396 |doi=10.1080/17432200.2020.1775420 |issn=1743-2200|doi-access=free }}

Since 2019, the Khalili Collections have partnered with Wikimedia UK to share images of art works and improve Wikipedia articles.{{cite news |last=Lawson-Tancred |first=Jo |date=11 October 2019 |title=Around the world in 35,000 objects – and a handful of clicks |work=Apollo |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/khalili-collections-wikimedia-uk-partnership/ |access-date=5 May 2021}} The collections have also provided images and text for Google Arts & Culture{{Cite book |last=Sood |first=Amit |title=UNESCO The Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity: Marking the 20th Anniversary |publisher=Khalili Foundation |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-3999-1149-8 |editor-last=Ahmed |editor-first=Waqas |location=London |pages=106 |chapter=Harnessing technology to explore humanity's culture}} and Europeana.{{Cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Waqas |last2=McCarthy |first2=Douglas |date=16 March 2021 |title=Europeana and the Khalili Collections - introducing our new partnership |url=https://pro.europeana.eu/post/europeana-and-the-khalili-collections-introducing-our-new-partnership |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=Europeana PRO |language=en}} For the 2023 video game Assassin's Creed Mirage, the Khalili Collections were one of four partner institutions providing images for the game's educational database. An astrolabe and a statuette of a camel and rider were among the objects used to illustrate the game's setting of 9th century Baghdad.{{Cite web |last=Mainka |first=Inga |date=6 July 2023 |title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Goes Back To Its Roots: Most Accurate AC In Years |url=https://earlygame.com/gaming/assassins-creed-mirage-goes-back-to-its-roots-most-accurate-ac-in-years |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=EarlyGame |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=5 July 2023 |title='My son showed me Assassin's Creed, now I've helped build the new one' |url=https://news.stv.tv/east-central/scots-art-historian-helps-build-new-assassins-creed-after-being-introduced-to-game-by-son |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=STV News |language=en-GB}}

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• [https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-khalili-collections Khalili Collections on Google Arts & Culture]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HC5hmABcAQ Sky Arts documentary about the collections]

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