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Page from a Qur'an | Hegira 410 / AD 1020Fatimid-Zirid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | Fatima, governess to the Zirid prince Badis, endowed this Qur'an to the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Interestingly it was compiled under the supervision of another woman, 'Dura al-Katiba' – 'Dura the lady-scribe'. |
Qur'anic illumination | Hegira 295 / AD 907Aghlabid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | A Qur'an manuscript that was executed and dedicated to the Great Mosque of Kairouan by a local woman. |
Mihrab | Hegira 6th century / AD 12th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | An inscription on this mihrab (prayer niche) tells us that it was made by order of Sayyida 'Ulam al-Amiriyya (d. AH 535 / AD 1140), wife of Caliph al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, for the tomb of Sayyida Ruqayya.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Mihrab | Hegira 6th century / AD 12th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | Detail of the mihrab made for the Shrine of Sayyida Ruqayya; now in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. | |
Ceramic tile with a picture of the Ka'ba | Hegira last quarter of the 10th century / AD 16th centuryOttoman | Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey | The granddaughter of Sultan Bayezid II (r. 886–918 / 1481–1512), commissioned the Neslişah Sultan Mosque in Istanbul, embedding this tile depicting the Ka'ba into one of the walls; the tile was still in situ right up until 1914.
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