Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Fragment of a robe | Hegira 427–87 / AD 1036–94Fatimid; reign of Al-Mustansir billah | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | This fragment was initially part of an upper tiraz or band. The two dark-blue borders are decorated with white kufic inscriptions: the Shahada (Profession of the faith) at the top, and details of who commissioned the piece below, although the name is missing. |
Rug | Hegira 7th century / AD 13th centuryAnatolian Seljuq | Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey | A wool rug that is woven using the Turkish Gördes knot. It has a border bearing an inscription in pseudo-kufic script with perfectly defined, fully geometric characters that stand out on a dark background. |
Tomb cover | Hegira 11th century / AD 17th centuryOttoman | National Museums of Scotland (NMS) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | A design consisting of zigzag bands on a dark-green background, each band containing the Shahada repeated in white calligraphy. The narrow borders also contain prayers to the Prophet Muhammad and the first four (Rightly Guided) Caliphs: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman and 'Ali. |