 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 |