Аudio Guide

Аudio Guide - Selected items from the Islamic Art Collection

Qibla indicator pointing towards Mecca

Turkey, Istanbul, 1738

Mosque lamp

Syria, Aleppo or Damascus, late 14^th century

Water pipe and base (Hookah)

India, 17^th century

Pin

Egypt or Syria, 11^th-12^th century

Bowl

Eastern Iran, Nishapur, 10^th century

Pomegranate-shaped drinking vessel

Iran, 7^th-8^th century

“Language of the Birds” (Mantiq al-Tayr) manuscript of Farid al-din `Attar

The Harari Hoard

Iran, 11^th-12^th century

Basin
Egypt or Syria, c. 1300

Manuscript of “Da`wat al-atibba’” – the Physicians’ Banquet – of Ibn Butlan

Syria, 13^th century