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Prince Sadruddin's interest in Islamic art was sparked in his youth by his paternal grandmother's library of Persian books, mystical texts and astrological treatises.

While at Harvard in the 1950s, he would make purchases in New York, and eventually began to acquire from dealers in Paris, Geneva and London.

He would bid regularly at Sotheby's and Christie's auctions in Europe and North America.

For advice, he looked to his friend Stuart Cary Welch, a noted historian of Islamic art at Harvard University.