Cdates back to the 19th and 20th centuries and come from mainly northern Nigeria (Kano in particular) but also includes items from Ghana, Senegal and Mali. From Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections.
"United Arab Emirates based initiative to manage, preserve, and exhibit the personal art collection of Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi". Part of the Google Cultural Institute.
Consists of approximately 330 nineteenth- to twentieth-century Arabic lithograph printed books, mostly published in Iran and India. From University of Chicago.
This collection includes manuscripts, panels, isolated manuscripts folios, lithographs, incunabula, and contemporary publications, dating from the 9th to the 21st century. From McGill University via JSTOR.
Assembled by the The Lebanese Research Center for Migration and Diaspora Studies (LERC) at Notre Dame University-Louaize to commemorate the Lebanese emigrants who were aboard the Titanic. Available through JSTOR.
"This digital collection comprises c.150 Arabic manuscripts produced in Yemen and belonging to the Zaydi tradition, a branch of Shi’ism. Most manuscripts date from the 17th to the mid-20th century."
From the Netherlands Institute in Instanbul. Pertaining mainly to Ottoman architecture of the Balkans, photographed from the 1960s to 1990s. Images may be used freely in publications with proper credit given. Higher resolution images may be obtained by writing to the archive.
"The collection primarily consists of works related to the studies of theologians and scholars at centers of learning in Iran during the 17th and 18th centuries." From UCLA.
This project features Miniature paintings from the estate of Mrs. Adrienne Minassian. The paintings often include text from Persian and Indian tales. Many of the illustrations within the Minassian Collection are depictions of stories from the classical Persian text, Shahnama of Ferdowsi.
"Explore[s] the lives of women during the Qajar era (1796-1925) through a wide array of materials from private family holdings and participating institutions."
Unknown Turkish. Shahnama of Firdawsi: Enthronement Scene. 1525-1575. Los Angeles County Museum of Art via Creative Commons license.