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Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
687-692 CE |
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Dome of the Rock (Interior)
Jerusalem
687-692 CE |
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The Great Mosque
Damascus, Syria
706-715 CE |
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Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque
Damascus, Syria
706-715 CE |
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Plan of the Umayyad Palace
Mshatta, Jordan
ca. 740-750 CE
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Frieze of the Umayyad Palace
Mshatta, Jordan
ca. 740-750 CE
Limestone
16'7" high |
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The Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia
Ca. 836-875 CE |
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Plan of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia
Ca. 836-875 CE |
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Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, Iraq
848-852 CE |
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Mausoleum of the Samanids
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Early 10th century |
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Prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain
8th to 10th centuries |
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Maqsura of the Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain
961-965 CE |
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Dome in front of the Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain
961-965 CE |
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Confronting lions and palm tree
Fragment of a textile said to be from Zandana, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan
8th century
Silk compound twill
2'11" x 2'9.5" |
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Ewer in the form of a bird
Sulayman
796 CE
Brass with silver and copper inlay
1'3" high |
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Koran page with beggining of Surah 18
al-Kahf (The Cave)
9th or early 10th century
Ink and gold on Vellum
7.25" x 10.25" |
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Muqarnas dome
Hall of Two Sisters, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain
1354-1391 |
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Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan
Cairo, Egypt
begun in 1356 CE |
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Plan of the Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan
Cairo, Egypt
begun in 1356 |
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Mosque of Selim II
Architect: Sinan
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575 CE |
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Interior of the Mosque of Selim II
Sinan
Edirne, Turkey
1568-1575 CE
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The Great Mosque of Isfahan, Iran
11th to 17th centuries |
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Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque
Isfahan, Iran
1611-1638 CE |
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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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Carpet from the funerary Mosque of Shaykh Safi al-Din
Ardabil, Iran
1540 CE
Knotted pile of wool and silk
34'6" x 17'7" |
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The court of Gayumars
Sultan-Muhammad
detail of folio 20 verso of the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
Tabriz, Iran
ca. 1525-1535 CE
Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper
1'1" x 9" |
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Ottoman royal ceremonial caftan
Istanbul, Turkey
ca. 1550 CE
Polychrome silk and gilt-metal thread
4'9" high |
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basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis)
Muhammad Ibn al-Zayn
Egypt
ca. 1300 CE
Brass, inlaid with gold and silver
8.75" high |
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Canteen with episodes from the life of Christ
Syria
ca. 1240-1250 Ce
Brass, inlaid with silver
1'2.5" diameter
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