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LEVNI - Sultan Ahmet III and the heir to the throne
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Abbasid and Fatimid art Decorative Inlay 11th Century
This sophisticated ivorywork offers an insight into the court culture of the eastern Mediterranean lands. The four animal-combat motifs on the vertical panels – eagles or lions attacking gazelles – are symbols of princely power and thus a ...

Calligraphy In The Shape Of A Hoopoe- Bismillah ... 17th Century
The bird is a striking example of the so-called “calligrams”, figurative imagery artfully drawn from characters, which were very popular particularly in later Islamic calligraphy. Since this form of calligraphy was used especially in the ...

Mahmud al-Husain im Rabi’I - Majnun among the wild animals
The image illustrates a scene from the famous love story of “Layla and Majnun”, one of the most famous of all works of Arab literature that became particularly popular in the later version by the Persian poet Nizami. The story is about th ...