More royalty required: on the al-Sabah Collection

The al-Sabah Collection is noted for its glittering historic jewels and objets d’art from India and the wider Islamic world. Assembled by Kuwait’s former prime minister, Sheikh Nasser Sabah, together with Sheikha Hussah Sabah, his wife and founder of the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah collection (1983) and Dar Al Funoon gallery (1992), it might come as a surprise to know they were also concerned with the arts of the book and painting. Seventh in the Thames and Hudson series showcasing a