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Ribat-i-Sharaf caravanseray, stucco mihrab of the inner courtyard about 1125
Ivory box bearing an inscription in the name of a son of the caliph Abdur-Rahman III, 896
Page of the Qur'an, written in 1568 by sultan Abdallah, second sherifi sultan of Morocco
Near Aksarai, entrance to the covered hall of Sultan Han, about 1230
Qibla frieze of Sultan Hassan Mosque, 1356-1362
Initial page of the Qur'an written in 1304 (illuminated)
Iron key, inlaid with gold, presented to the Ka'aba by Faraj ibn Barquq, a mamluke sultan of Egypt, probably to commemorate restoration works completed there in 1405
Terracotta inscription, frieze from foundation near Khwaf, Khurasan, of the seljuq Wasir Nizam-ul-Mulk
Foundation inscription of glazed turquoise on a terracotta ground from Ghuriz Iwan, about 1200, of the Great Mosque of Herat
Detail of carved Stucco on the arch of the inner courtyard
The Sahib Ata Mosque, 1258, originally it had 2 minarets
Mihrab of Masjid-i-Maydan
Page of the Qur'an in thuluth writing, written and illuminated at Mosul for the II-Khan Oljeytü, 1310
Wall tiles in the Great Mosque with square kufic calligraphy
Tin-glazed bowl from the 9th-11th century. Slip painting or carving were the ideal methods of inscribing medieval pottery to keep the sharpness of the design
Wind-towers are characteristic of 18th and 19th century houses, but many medieval buildings in Egypt, Syria and Iraq had them too
A page from the Qur'an, possibly persian, 11th or 12th century. The illegibility was no handicap because the Qur'an was memorized by many people
The mosque of Ibn Tulun, mihrab of Alafdal Shahinshah, datable 1094. A masterpiece of fatimid stucco carving
Wall decoration of mausoleum of Oljeytü in square kufic forming stars, 1310-1316
Page from the Qur'an, oblong format, in kufic, typical of 10th century Iraq