Rashid al-Din Fadl Allah was a famous Persian historian of the Ilkhanid* period. Born around1247…
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This astronomical compendium, in the Aga Khan Museum’s collection, dated 19th century Iran, contains miniature…
“Like each of you, personally, the University also remembers its heritage on a day like…
The medicine of classical and medieval Islamic civilization was derived primarily from the Greeks particularly…
“There is no doubt that the artists of Egypt under the Fatimids were skilled to…
The medicine of medieval Islamic civilization was built primarily on Greek medicine, particularly the writing…
Miniature, from the Latin miniare, meaning ‘to colour with red lead,’ was a practice originally…
An avid athlete and skier at Le Rosey School and Harvard University, Mawlana Hazar Imam…
The term ‘Islamic art’ generally refers to the arts of all Islamic cultures and not…
Sinan, also called Mimar Sinan (“Architect Sinan”) was born in Turkey in 1490 and entered his father’s trade as…
The Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, the royal city of the Nasrids, comprises the most…
Masjid Baiturrahman, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, represents one of the first examples of a domed…
In the medieval Muslim world, ceramic production achieved superior creativity through the artisans’ innovations in…
The Silk Route (Road) was an ancient network of routes stretching for over six thousand…
The first pharmacies, or drug stores, opened in Baghdad in the eighth century. By the…
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