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Map of silk production sites in the Middle East with potential trade routes.
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An Iranian brocaded silk banner with Qur'an inscriptions, most likely used by the army.
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Silk weave textile showing roundel with animals.
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This is a Tiraz Textile Fragment woven from linen in Egypt. It is an early Islamic fragment that survived (similar to the Red and Green Tapestry Fragment), and tiraz is the term for the inscriptions on the textile. Tiraz textiles like this were used in clothing, carpets, and as furnishing fabrics, just like the Red and Green Woven tapestry Fragment.
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This is the ceiling of the narthex at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. It incorporates Sasanian artistic technique within the floral medallions, which is similar to the floral medallions of the Green and Red Woven Tapestry Fragment.
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Köçek Troupe at a Fair illustrates dancers at the Circumcision Ceremony of 1720 held by Sultan Ahmed III for his sons Süleyman, Mehmed, Mustafa, and Bayezid. The Circumcision Ceremony lasted 3 weeks.
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A Turkish Coffee-House, Constantinople depicts an Ottoman coffeehouse with individuals partaking in several activities like music playing, selling, smoking, and more. Amadeo Preziosi is well-known for painting observations of Ottoman life.
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Oldest recorded fragment of The Thousand and One Nights.
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Convivial meeting of Kai Khosrow
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This textile features two female musicians sitting together. Attributed to Spain, often times silk textiles made in Muslim royal workshops were found in Christian lands later on.
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This is a vertical angle and close-up of the green and red tapestry fragment. It is from the early Umayyad period and it was likely used as a furnishing fabric or as part of a carpet of common built spaces.
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Oldest and most complete written record of The Thousand and One Nights stories.
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This shadow puppet is included in the Paul Kahle collection, likely originating from Mamluk Egypt. In this puppet, one figure is notably smoking, creating debate over the date of the puppet's creation.
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This is a Mamluk enameled glass bottle with the frieze depicting warriors on horseback. There is also a phoenix on the neck of the bottle.
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This is an image of a painting that depicts the interior setting of an Ottoman coffeehouse.
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Folio from the Shahnama that shows a game of polo between the Turanian king Afrasiyab and the Persian prince Siyavush.
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A silk robe fragment with medallions on a grid pattern. The medallions show winged horses drinking.
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Timurid painting of men playing backgammon and women playing checkers
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This is a painting by Nakkas Osman of the 1582 circumcision festival of Prince Mehmed. The Ottomans are wrestling in this public space as an intimidating diplomatic gesture towards the foreign envoys present at this ceremony.
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This is a map of present day Sicily off the coast of Italy, colored by province.
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This world map has been edited to better fit the general understanding of medieval Islamic representations of the globe. The North and South American continents have been removed, the map has been rotated 180 degrees, and the tip of Africa has been stretched to meet Australia.
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The rectangular map of the world taken from the 12th century Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eye is the only extant medieval rectangular map of the world.
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Map of Sicily from the Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels of the Eyes
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This is a 15th century map of the world recreated after a similar map made by Ptolemy in the 8th century.