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Koran page with the beginning of surah 18, al-Kahf (The Cave)
9th or early 10th century
Ink and gold on vellum
7 1/4" x 10 1/4" |
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Plan of the Umayyad Palace
Mshatta, Jordan
ca. 740-750 (after Alberto Berengo Gardin) |
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque (looking southwest)
Isfahan, Iran
11th to 17th centuries |
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Canteen with episodes from the life of Christ
from Syria
ca. 1240-1250
Brass, inlaid with silver, 1' 2 1/2" diameter |
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Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami
Isfahan, Iran
ca. 1354
Glazed mosaic tilework
11' 3" x 7' 6" |
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Maqsud of Kashan, carpet from the funerary mosque of Shaykh Safi al-Din, Ardabil, Iran
1540
Knotted pile of wool and silk
34' 6" x 17' 7" |
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque
Kairouan, Tunisia
ca. 836-875 |
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Confronting lions and palm tree, fragment of a textile said to be from Zandana
near Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Eighth Century
Silk compound twill 2' 11" x 2' 9 1/2" |
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Dome in front of the mihrab of the Great Mosque
Cordoba, Spain
961-965 |
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Sulayman, Ewer in the form of a bird
796
Brass with silver and copper inlay
1' 3" high |
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Plan of the madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan
Cairo, Egypt
begun 1356 |
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Muhammad IBN al-Zayn
basin (Baptistere de Saint Louis)
from Egypt
ca. 1300
Brass, inlaid with gold and silver, 8 1/4" high
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Interior of the Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
687-692
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Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
687-692
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Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque
Isfahan, Iran
1611-1638
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Frieze of the Umayyad Palace
Mshatta, Jordan
ca. 740-750
Limestone, 16' 7" high
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Mausoleum of the Samanids
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
early 10th century
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Ottoman oyal ceremonial caftan from
Istanbul, Turkey
ca. 1550
Polychrome silk and gilt-metal thread, 4' 9" high
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Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan (view from the south with the mausoleum in the foreground)
Cairo, Egypt
begun 1356
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Sinan, interior of the Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575
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Malwiya Minaret of the Great Mosque
Samarra, Iraq
848-852
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Sinan, plan of the Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575
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Maqsura of the Great Mosque
Cordoba, Spain
961-965
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque
Damascus, Syria
706-715
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Sultan-Muhammad, the court of Gayumars, detail of folio 20 verso of the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
from Tabriz, Iran
ca. 1525-1535
Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, full page approx. 1' 11" x 9" |
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Plan of the Great Mosque
Kairouan, Tunisia
ca. 836-875 |
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Prayer hall of the Great Mosque
Cordoba, Spain
8th to 10th centuries |
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Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque
Damascus, Syria
706-715
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Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters
Alhambra palace, Granada, Spain
1354-1391
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Sinan, Mosque of Selim II
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575
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