Collaborating institutions
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture–Ithra
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo
Minbar
Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco, late 12th–early 14th century AH/late 18th century–early 20th century CE
Painted cedarwood joined with iron nails, h. 220 × w. 61 × d. 117 cm (steps 158 cm)
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture–Ithra, Dhahran, 2019.0060
Folios from the “Katta Langar Qur’an” (5:113–6:19)
Arabia or Iraq, late Hijazi script
2nd century AH/8th century CE
Brown, red, and green ink on parchment (possibly deer skin), h. 53 × w. 33 cm
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, 40-A
Portable mihrab
Cairo, Sayyida Nafisa Mausoleum, about AH 532–41/1138–47 CE
Inscribed with verses from the Holy Qu’ran and hadith
Wood, h. 192 × w. 88 × d. 22 cm
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, 421
Doors
Cairo, attributed to the mausoleum of Sayyidah Nafisah,
about AH 532–41/1138–47 CE
Wood, h. 224 × w. 120 cm
Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, 1646