Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization

Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization newly opened in a converted shopping mall	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Floor plan - Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Map showing the Islamic World	Kiswah - heavy cloth used to cover the Ka'ba	Kiswah - Ka'ba cover
The Ka'ba in Mecca	The Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Silver model of the Great Mosque in Mecca
Silver model of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina	Model of the Selimiya Mosque in Edirne, Turkey - 1575	Model of the Blue Mosque, Istanbul	The Elephant Clock
Astronomical instruments based on 14th Century models	Model of a mill	Model of a water wheel for irrigation	Model of a Ship Mill used on the Tigris in the 10th C.
Model of Qalawan Hospital, Cairo	Model of the Princess Turan Hospital, Divriji, Turkey - 1228 AD	Model of the observatory of Maragha, 13th C.	Various pottery, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
An interesting south-up map of the world	Model of the minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Samarra, Iraq - 9th C.	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Model of the Generalife Gardens of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Model of the Generalife Gardens of the Alhambra, Granada, Spain	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization	Lustre and cobalt-blue star tile, 14th C. Iran	Blue and white bottle with a partridge desitn, 17th C. Iran
Decorated horse saddle, 18-19th C. Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Model of the Jantar Mantar observatory, Jaipur, India - 1724	Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilizations	Focus of Faith - The Holy Mosque at Makkah al-Mukarramah
Arabic Calligraphy as modern art, Mamoun Sakkah, 20th C.	Islamic-style chain mail armor and helmet	Gold damascened steel dagger, 19th C. India	Dagger made of old watered steel, ca 1950 Kuwait
Dagger with a gold-damascened steel blade and jade handle, 19th C. India	Dagger with gold-damascened steel blade and ivory handle, 19th C. India	Dagger with gilt, watered steel blade and buffalo horn handle, Syria ca 1920	Brass ewer decorated with Arabic calligraphy and floral motifs, India
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilizations	Tile panel with mihrab design, 19th C. Iznik, Turkey	Various daggers, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilizations	Dagger with steel blade and horn handle, 19th C. Syria or Iraq
Scene of 19th C. Cairo by English artist David Roberts (1796-1864)	Arabic Calligraphy, Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilizations	Cairo	Calligrapher's License, Istanbul 1865
Qit'a - Mustafa Dede, Istanbul, 16th C.	Tughra - Abdulfettah Efendi, 19th C. Istanbul	Hilye - Kadiasker Mstafa Izzet Efendi, Istanbul 1874	Qur'an Manuscript - Kebecizade Mehmed Vasfi Efendi, Istanbul 1796
Lawha (Tughra) - Mahmud Delaeddin Efendi, Istanbul 1810	Lawha (Tughra) - Istanbul 1846	Model of Sharjah fort