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title: Nighttime in a City
author: Mir Sayyid ‘Ali
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14508/nighttime-in-a-city/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Nighttime in a City

_Authored by Mir Sayyid ‘Ali_

## Image File

[![Nighttime in a City](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14508.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14508.jpeg)

## Image Caption

Nighttime in a [City](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/), Persian manuscript folio attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali, Tabriz, Iran, c. 1540.

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet, formerly in the collection of Louis J. Cartier.

## Cite This Work

### APA
‘Ali, M. S. (2021, August 24). Nighttime in a City. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14508/nighttime-in-a-city/>
### Chicago
‘Ali, Mir Sayyid. "Nighttime in a City." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 24, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14508/nighttime-in-a-city/>.
### MLA
‘Ali, Mir Sayyid. "Nighttime in a City." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Aug 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14508/nighttime-in-a-city/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/303390) by **Mir Sayyid ‘Ali**. Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 24 August 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

