John Castle. Sultan Eraly, a Bukharan akhun (poet), and the chief servant Kuder Batyr in full armor. Illustration from the book «Diary of a Journey in 1736 from Orenburg to Abulkhair, Khan of the Kirghiz-Kaisak Horde»
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THE STORY OF SAMARKAND PAPER
A Short History of Its Origins and Advantages over Chinese Paper
Shaykh Sanan Tends the Herd of Swine. Miniature from a manuscript of Ali-Shir Nava’i’s Lisan al-Tayr, Bukhara, 1553 / Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica
Pen Box and Inkwell with Tughra of Ahmed III. Ottoman Empire, 18th century; silver, gilding, niello / The Walters Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Letter from Abylai Khan to Iletu, Military Governor and Governor-General of Xinjiang, and other dignitaries, 1773 / The Epistolary Heritage of the Kazakh Ruling Elite, 1675–1780. Almaty: ABDI Company JSC, 2014. P. 546, letter no. 303
Letter from Kaip Khan to Sultan Ahmed III / The Epistolary Heritage of the Kazakh Ruling Elite, 1675–1780. Almaty: ABDI Company JSC, 2014. P. 437, letter no. 14
Presumably portrait of Sultan Eraly / Tretyakov Gallery / Wikimedia Commons
Letter from Abylai Khan to Lieutenant General D.I. Chicherin, 2 September 1780 / The Epistolary Heritage of the Kazakh Ruling Elite, 1675–1780. Almaty: ABDI Company JSC, 2014. P. 595, letter no. 343