501 Two Mamluk carved marble jar stands (kilgas), Egypt, 13th/14th century

502 Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jawhari (d.1008 AD), Taj al-lugha wa sihah al-arabiyya, ('The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic'), volume 8, copied by Mansur ibn Jama', probably Iraq, Abbasid, dated Rabi al-Awwal 577 AH/July-August 1181 AD

503 A small illuminated Qur'an, Near East, Abbasid, late 12th/early 13th century

504 An early fragmentary Qur'an leaf in Hijazi script on vellum, Arabian Peninsula, second half 7th century AD

505 An illuminated Qur'an section in Maghribi script on vellum, North Africa or Spain, 13th/14th century

506 An Umayyad carved marble capital, Spain, Cordoba, 10th century

507 Suleyman ibn Khalaf ibn Sa'd al-Baji al-Maliki (d.1081 AD), al-nasihat al-waladiyyah, (The Advice of Abu Walid Al-Baji to his Sons), a collection of wisdom, North Africa or Andalusia, 13th/14th century

508 An Almohad brass astrolabe mater and plates, signed by Abu Bakr ibn Yusuf, Morocco, Marrakesh, dated 615 AH/1218-19 AD

509 A rare brass astrolabic quadrant, signed by Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hasan al-Battuti, Morocco, dated 1136 AH/1723-24 AD

510 A Qur'an, copied by Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria or Chad, late 19th/early 20th century

511 An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Hadi, North Africa, dated 26 Rabi' al-Awwal 1289 AH/2 June 1872 AD

512 A Nasrid wood and bone-inlaid pyxis, Spain, 14th/15th century

513 A large bone-inlaid wood chest, North Italy, Veneto, late 15th century

514 An early Islamic or post-Sassanian silver gilt dish depicting a bird, Persia, 6th-8th century

515 A nielloed silver vessel, Persia or Central Asia, 12th/13th century

516 A turquoise-set gold pectoral, Central Asia, Golden Horde, 14th century

517 An openwork gold bracelet, Central Asia, probably Golden Horde, 13th/14th century

518 An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh (The Freer Shahnameh): The combat between Hujir and Sepahram, Persia or Baghdad, Ilkhanid, circa 1300-40

519 An illustrated leaf from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh: Sultan Malik Shah III enthroned, Herat, Timurid, circa 1425-26

520 A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta, Herat or Samarqand, circa 1400

521 A Kashan lustre pottery bowl, Persia, 12th century

522 A mina’i pottery bowl, Persia, 12th century

523 A Khurasan bronze tray, Persia , 12th/13th century

524 A Khurasan silver-inlaid bronze lidded bowl, Persia, 12th/13th century

525 A large illuminated volume from a four-volume Qur'an, Persia, Ilkhanid, early 14th century

526 An intact Kashan bottle vase, Persia, 12th/13th century

528 A rare and monumental Raqqa Tile, Syria, first half 13th century

529 Jamal al-Din Abi Mahmud Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hilal ibn Tamim al-Maqdisi (d. 1364 AD), Kitab Muthir al-gharam 'ila ziyarat al-Quds wa'l-Sham, on the geography and virtues of Jerusalem and the Levant, copied by Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Salamah, probably Egypt, Mamluk, dated 19 Ramadan 879 AH/4 February 1475 AD

530 Sa'id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn (d.1101 AD), Kitab al-Mughni fi'l-Tibb, copied by Muhammad ibn Radwan ibn Radi ibn Layth, Near East, dated 20 Ramadan 707 AH/21 March 1308 AD

531 A Nishapur pottery bowl, Persia or Central Asia, 10th century

532 An early bound Qur’an section in Kufic script, North Africa or Near East, Umayyad, circa 700-750 AD

533 A Kufic Qur'an leaf, Near East or North Africa, 8th-9th century

534 A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, perhaps Damascus, 9th century

535 A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, Near East or North Africa, first half 10th century

536 A Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, Near East or North Africa, 10th century

537 An early Maghribi Qur’an leaf, North Africa or Spain, 11th or 12th century

538 An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Maghribi script on vellum, Spain or North Africa, 1250-1350

539 A Qur'an bifolium in Eastern Kufic script, North Africa or Eastern Mediterranean region, late 10th century

540 A Qur'an leaf in three scripts, Yemen or Persia, 13th-14th century

541 A Qur'an leaf with illumination attributed to Sandal, Egypt, Mamluk, circa 1300-10

542 Two compiled works by Ibn Taymiyya (d.1328 AD), al-risala al-qubrisyya ('The Cypriot Letter'), Near East, dated 26 Ramadan 788 AH/18 October 1386 AD; followed by a chapter on visiting Jerusalem, copied by Talha ibn Muhammad Ibrahim, dated 793 AH/1390-91 AD

543 An Abbasid lustre pottery bowl, Iraq, 9th/10th century

544 Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity'), probably Egypt, Mamluk, 14th century

545 A gold and silver-inlaid bronze candlestick, east Anatolia or Jazira, 13th century

546 A large illuminated Mamluk Qur’an, copied by Muhammad Abu al-Fadl ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-A’raj, Egypt or Syria, dated 882 AH/1477-78 AD

547 A rare and important Mamluk steel sword dedicated to Sultan Qaytbay (r.1468-96), Egypt, last quarter 15th century

548 A compendium of works on agriculture, Al-fillaha al-rumiyyah and Bughiyat al-fallahin al-muthmirah wa'l-rayahin, copied for the treasury of the ruler of Yemen, Al-Mutasim Billah 'Ali Yahya, Yemen, Kawkaban, dated 983 AH/1575-76 AD

549 An illuminated manuscript of poetry in nasta'liq, Persia or Central Asia, Safavid, 16th century