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LONDON, UK - APRIL 30: Sotheby's has once again attracted attention with a multimillion-pound sale of some of the rarest and most valuable works of Islamic art.The world-renowned auction house in London held bidding on April 26, which featured pieces that spanned from the first centuries of Islam to the early 19th century.Benedict Carter, the head of Sotheby’s Islamic and Indian art department, told Anadolu that the auction encompasses different types of material culture from across the Islamic world from Spain on the one hand, to South Asia on the other, running through the entire Middle East, North Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Iran, India, and South Asia.He said the sale had about 135 pieces."Among the highlights are the two swords. They're both Indian, one from the 17th century, the other from the 18th century,” he said."The top line is actually a single illustrated folio from probably the greatest illustrated Persian manuscripts ever produced by Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp. That is really one of the rarest sort of single-leaf illustrations that you would find left on the market today," he said.The highest-priced item sold was a folio from Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, which depicts a battle scene from the Iran-Turan War, which sold for £4.9 million ($6.1 million.)The folio was a gift from Shah Tahmasp, the son of Shah Ismail, to Ottoman Sultan Selim II in 1568.The Shahnameh manuscript made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia (1514-76) is universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of any period or culture and is among the greatest works of art in the world. An exceptional 17th-century Ottoman dagger with a gold inlaid blade was sold for £254,000.In recent years, interest in Islamic art has grown significantly, driven in part by the increasing wealth and interest of collectors from the Middle East and Asia. (Footage by Muhammed Yaylali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)