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Islamic World
The term “Islamic art” encompasses the entire realm of artistic production in those lands where, from the 7th century onward, the Muslim religion took hold. Islamic art includes not only objects used in the service of religion but also those created for the courts of the Middle East and Central Asia, as well as articles used in everyday life, over a territory that at its height stretched from present-day Spain and North Africa westward to India. The museum’s holdings reflect the cultural diversity and geographical range of Islamic cultures.
Islamic achievements in all artistic media are represented at the Walters. Among the highlights are a 7th-century carved and hammered silver bowl from Iran that demonstrates the continuation of Sassanian traditions in early Muslim Persia; a 13th-century candlestick made of copper, silver, and gold from Mamluk Egypt; 16th-century mausoleum doors decorated with intricate wood carvings in a radiating star pattern; a delicate 17th-century silk sash from Moghul India; and a 17th-century Turkish tile with an image of the Great Mosque of Mecca.

"Mihrab" Plaque | Title |
1276-1277 (Medieval) | Period |
48.1310 | Accession |
persianportals, iran, persia | Tags |

"Turban" Helmet | Title |
16th century | Period |
51.72 | Accession |
skrt, helmut | Tags |

'Alam | Title |
1664-1665 (Early Modern) | Period |
52.317 | Accession |

A Festive Gathering | Title |
ca. 1163 AH/AD 1750 (Mughal) | Period |
W.904 | Accession |
spanningempires, ottoman | Tags |

Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
13th century AH/AD 19th century | Period |
W.597 | Accession |
book, islamic, camel, 641 | Tags |

Akbar Shah II Riding on an Elephant | Title |
ca. 1820 | Period |
35.95 | Accession |
mughal, delhi, spanningempires | Tags |

Album of Calligraphy | Title |
10th century AH/16th century AD-12th century AH/18th century AD (Ottoman) | Period |
W.672 | Accession |
hatt | Tags |

Album of Indian Miniatures and Persian Calligraphy | Title |
late 12th century AH/AD 18th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Rajput) | Period |
W.669 | Accession |
tibetan, animated | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Calligraphy and Paintings | Title |
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Safavid; Qajar) | Period |
W.668 | Accession |
iran, persian, mirimad | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Calligraphy, Miniatures, and Prints | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Qajar; Zand) | Period |
W.670 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Album of Persian and Indian Miniatures, Calligraphy, and European Engravings | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal; Safavid; Qajar; Zand; Deccan) | Period |
W.771 | Accession |
erotic, turban, portrait, bullets, gun, chair, standing, man, album | Tags |

Album of Persian Calligraphy | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century | Period |
W.673 | Accession |
persian | Tags |

Album of Persian Miniatures and Calligraphy | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century-14th century AH/AD 20th century | Period |
W.671 | Accession |
hatt, khatt | Tags |

Amplified Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad | Title |
767 AH/AD 1366 | Period |
W.581 | Accession |
iran | Tags |

Amulet | Title |
1748 (Early Modern) | Period |
42.1205 | Accession |
talisman, yourmom | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid) | Period |
W.653 | Accession |
persia1893 | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
early 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar) | Period |
W.655 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Anthology of Persian Poetry | Title |
12th century AH/AD 18th century | Period |
W.654 | Accession |
muhaqaq | Tags |

Aquamanile (Handwasher) in the Form of a Cheetah | Title |
11th-13th century (Medieval) | Period |
54.2434 | Accession |
bronze, cat, squirrel, library, creature, islamic, fearsome, metal, cheetah, animal, tothehunt | Tags |

Archer's Thumb Ring | Title |
17th century (Early Modern) | Period |
42.1471 | Accession |
tothehunt, spanningempires | Tags |

Baburnama | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal) | Period |
W.596 | Accession |
intricate, iran, persian, birds | Tags |

Basin | Title |
13th century (Medieval) | Period |
54.526 | Accession |

Basin | Title |
early-mid 15th century (late Medieval) | Period |
48.1013 | Accession |
underfire, spanningempires | Tags |

Baton with Jade Finial | Title |
18th century (Ottoman) | Period |
57.1577 | Accession |
mughal | Tags |

Beaker | Title |
ca. 1260 (Crusader) | Period |
47.17 | Accession |
underfire | Tags |

Beaker | Title |
ca. 1260 (Crusader) | Period |
47.18 | Accession |
underfire | Tags |

Beaker with Seated Figures | Title |
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?)) | Period |
48.1234 | Accession |
iran, persian | Tags |

Betel or Paan Box with Inscription and Floral Scrolls | Title |
19th century (British Raj) | Period |
53.153 | Accession |

Body Armor | Title |
16th century (Early Modern) | Period |
51.419 | Accession |
krug, combatclothes | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
Manuscript: 1028 AH/AD 1618-1619; Illustrations: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.601 | Accession |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar) | Period |
W.602 | Accession |
combat, persia, iran | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid) | Period |
W.600 | Accession |
rustam, bijhan | Tags |

Book of Kings (Shahnama) | Title |
11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar-Safavid) | Period |
W.603 | Accession |

Book on Horses | Title |
1271 AH/AD 1854-1855 (Ottoman) | Period |
W.661 | Accession |

Book on Logic | Title |
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman) | Period |
W.591 | Accession |

Book on Navigation | Title |
late 11th century AH/AD 17th century-early 12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman) | Period |
W.658 | Accession |
sicily, rhodes, pasman, otranto, sea, mediterranean, marseille, grenada, ancona, cairo, messina, zadar, sardinia, catanzaro, trieste, ferrara, moroccan, genoa, libya, ottoman, portugal, granada, kurdistan, lemnos, iskenderun, genicke, kalymnos, romanius, istanbul, algiers, malta, corfu, paxoi, kea, alanya, tripoli, psara, alger, pola, cerigo, kythara, peschici, mountathos, egypt, red, dead, gibraltar, linish, morocco, kelibia, crete, veglia, hamam, leukada, france, piri, lanciano, bisceglieitaly | Tags |

Bottle | Title |
early 17th century (Safavid) | Period |
48.1120 | Accession |

Bottle | Title |
13th century (Medieval) | Period |
47.9 | Accession |

Bottle with Enthroned Prince with Horsemen | Title |
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?)) | Period |
48.1260 | Accession |

Bowl | Title |
18th century (Early Modern) | Period |
57.791 | Accession |
bowl, eagle, fish, birds, animals, silver | Tags |

Bowl | Title |
14th century (Medieval) | Period |
54.455 | Accession |
spanningempires | Tags |

Bowl | Title |
early 13th century (Medieval) | Period |
48.2040 | Accession |

Bowl | Title |
ca. 1725-1750 (Ottoman) | Period |
48.1732 | Accession |
fritware, creature, turkish, painted, ceramic, glaze, bowl, colorful, kütahya, çini | Tags |

Bowl | Title |
14th century (Medieval) | Period |
54.513 | Accession |

Bowl | Title |
18th century (Early Modern) | Period |
57.1083 | Accession |

Bowl for Sausage Making | Title |
1603 | Period |
48.1100 | Accession |
sausage, spanningempires | Tags |

Bowl Fragment with the Descent from the Cross | Title |
2nd half 13th century (Medieval) | Period |
48.2734 | Accession |

Bowl with "Kufic" Inscriptions | Title |
9th-10th century (Medieval) | Period |
48.2071 | Accession |

Bowl with Horsemen | Title |
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?)) | Period |
48.1079 | Accession |
saints, halo, mogul, moslim, gods, ancestor, throne, china | Tags |

Bowl with Islamic Design | Title |
18th century | Period |
42.1468 | Accession |