Islam Collection (page 47)

Detail of an Islamic ivory box, 11th century
Detail of an Islamic ivory box, from the Museum fur Islamiche Kunsts collection, Berlin, 11th century

Page of the Koran from Egypt, 9th century
Page of the Koran, in squared kufic script, from Egypt, 9th century

Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, 10th century
Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, of Caliph al-Musta sippu. It was minted at Baghdad, 10th century

Silver dirham with a horse and rider, 10th century
Silver dirham with a horse and rider, from the Abassid Dynasty, and possibly of Caliph al Muqtadir, 10th century

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Engraving, 1815. THe building was completed as a cathedral in 537, by 1815 it is in use as a Mosque

The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, built 685-69. The oldest existing Muslim monument, built 685-691 as a shrine for pilgrims (a mashhad)

Knight Templar in travelling dress, (c1119) 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Knight Templar in travelling dress, 16th century. Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, founded c1119 to protect pilgrims from maruading Muslims. Order Suppressed by Clement V in 1312

Charles Martel, King of the Franks, at the Battle of Poitiers, 732 (1892). Charles Martel (the Hammer) (c688-741) depicted wielding a battleaxe

Dervishes, Constantinople, Turkey, 1853. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing

Dervishes, 19th century. Dervishes, members of a Muslim religious order founded in the 12th century, dancing and performing the ritual of remembering God in a self-induced ecstatic trance

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1632-1654. The great marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan (1592-1666), Mughal emperor, for his wife Arjumand Banu Begam (d1631) called Mumtaz Mahal (Favourite of the Palace)

Al-Buraq, the winged horse that carried Mohammed on his night flight to Jerusalem to meet and pray with Moses and Jesus. Tapestry

Bayezid I (d1403), Sultan of the Ottoman empire from 1389. Bayezid was defeated by the Mongols under Tamerlane (Timur) in 1402

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