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| Muslim world decorative arts gallery at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany. | Persian & Islamic gallery at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Grave stones from Muslim Palestine (891), Egypt c1500 & Pakistan (1914) at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany. | Mosque prayer niche (mid 20thC) from Afghanistan at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany. |
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| Bedouin camel litter (beginning 20thC) from Syria at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France. | Universal Qibla Finder to determine direction to Mecca (1738 CE or 1151 on Muslim calendar) from Istanbul, Turkey on at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland. | Collection of early Quran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Arabic text of Genealogy of the Prophet of God (1594 CE or 1002 on Muslim calendar) from Turkey at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland. |
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| Arabic script in shape of Mevlevi Turban (1529 CE or 936 on Muslim calendar) from Turkey at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland. | Parchment leaf from Quran (9thC-10thC) from North Africa at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Quran (11thC) from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Manuscript of Nigarestan by Ahmad b. Muhammad Ghaffari (copied 1572-3) prob. from Shiraz, Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. |
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| Book of constellations (c1625-50) by Al-Sufi from Isfahan, Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Worked leather bookbinding (16thC) from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Portrait of a Master of the Armory in court attire (early 18thC) from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Portrait of a Fathali Shah Qajar (early 19thC) from Tehran, Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. |
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| Karim Khan Zand with his Close Circle painting (prob. 19thC) from Iran at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Manuscript painting (c1330) from Egypt or Syria by Ibn Zafar al-Siqili at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Portrait of Ottoman official (c1650) from Istanbul, Turkey at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Alexander the Great in Tree Pavilion watercolor (prior to 1492) from India at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. |
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| Young Men Carried Off by a mythical Simurgh watercolor (possibly c1325) from India at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Court of King Solomon watercolor (c1600) from India at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Kamancheh Player watercolor (17thC) from India at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Carved wooden archway (14thC) from Arabic Spain at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. |
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| Carved wooden squinch panel (14thC) from Arabic Spain at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Inlaid wooden box (16thC) from Spain at Aga Khan Museum. Toronto, ON. | Inlaid Iranian desk (1959) presented by the Shah of Iran at Eisenhower Museum. Abilene, KS. | Inlaid letter box with Iranian Imperial Arms at Eisenhower Museum. Abilene, KS. |
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| Damascus Room with mother-of-pearl sofa & matching side chairs (mid-19thC) at Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV. | Inlaid cabinet in Damascus Room at Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV. | Carved walnut ceiling of Damascus Room at Huntington Museum of Art. Huntington, WV. | Domed ceiling with geometric Islamic pattern (early 14thC) from Alhambra Palace. Granada, Spain at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
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| Ivory frame with hunting & feasting scenes (11th-12thC) from Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Corner detail of ivory frame with hunting & feasting scenes (11th-12thC) from Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Corner detail of ivory frame with hunting & feasting scenes (11th-12thC) from Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Corner detail of ivory frame with hunting & feasting scenes (11th-12thC) from Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
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| Corner detail of ivory frame with hunting & feasting scenes (11th-12thC) from Egypt at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
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