Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah

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Haya — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:40:12 +0000

Heavy finger ring made from gold with plaquettes, the sunken cusped quatrefoil on the circular bezel engraved in naskhi with ‘Bulbar, the greatest, Atabeki’, the latter title indicating that the man was a very high official

East Iranian World, circa 6th-7th century AH/12th-13th century CE

Exhibition: Japanese Pottery at Amricani

Abdulla — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:12:09 +0000

4 December 2011 to 27 January 2012

Opening Period: Monday – Thursday 9am – 7pm
Friday and Saturday 2pm – 7pm
Sunday – Closed

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budour — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:18:43 +0000

Stamp seal made of silver, the stamping face of lobed teardrop shape with a tri-lobed base, the top with a hole for suspension, engraved in thuluth with the owner’s name ‘al-Abd Nasir ibn Ali’ and the Shi’a invocation ‘Call upon Ali, the paragon of wonders; you shall find him of help in your misfortune. All anguish and all sorrow shall disappear, through thy divine trusteeship, Oh ‘Ali, Oh’ Ali, Oh ‘Ali’

Script reading ‘The humble and unworthy Abd al-Wahhab’

Iranian World, 9th-10th century AH/15th-16th century CE

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Out of the cocoon, into the web

Haya — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:27:01 +0000

Welcome to Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah’s newly redesigned website!

In answer to changing times, the need to facilitate the process of viewing the vast number of events and activities DAI oversees was a main priority in the construction of the new website. Navigating through the pages is now a seamless experience giving visitors aesthetically pleasing visuals to compliment the new platform.

What you see on the homepage below the menu is a sliding banner where feature posts and key information will be posted such as exhibition dates and other announcements. This is a functional element which has proven its effectiveness in conveying information with numerous museums and cultural organisations. Also, the menu has been reshuffled making it easier to view the contents of the different tabs and categories. Under the cultural season tab, you can now download a PDF copy of our annual cultural season’s calendar or you may choose to use our website’s built in calendar which is constantly updated to take into account additional events, postponements and cancellations.

Our cultural season’s theme this year is seals and signets— the bottom left hand side of the page has a section dedicated to featured objects from the collection that fall under that category. The sliding banner will also feature a selected object from the collection which we will post further information on.

You may view all these objects and more in the gallery section under the collection tab. We are constantly in the process of adding newer objects to the gallery and we will keep you updated when additions are made. From an educational standpoint— of keen importance to DAI— the gallery is a particularly useful tool for scholars and academics as well as those from various backgrounds interested in the types of objects the collection holds.

Embedded into the new website is our revamped blog “Nabdh ad-Dar”. Nabdh is the Arabic word for pulse and that is exactly what this blog is: DAI’s pulse.

LNS 39 S

hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:12:26 +0000

Marble dado panel, carved and inlaid with coloured stones

North India, early 11th century AH/early 17th century CE
75.7 cm high; 60.7 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 39 S

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hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:10:37 +0000

Carved sandstone window grille (known in India as jali), in a pattern of intersecting dodecagons

North India, late 10th to early 11th century AH/late 16th to early 17th century CE
120 cm high; 100.2 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 105 S

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hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:08:13 +0000

Star-shaped stucco tile with striding griffin against a foliate ground, moulded and carved in relief

Eastern Iran, late 6th to early 7th century AH/late 12th to early 13th century CE
49 cm high; 50.25 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 32 ST (a)

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hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:06:47 +0000

Carved limestone roundel from the palace complex of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham

Amman, Jordan, 105-125 AH/724-743 CE
71 cm high; 75.5 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 65 S f

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hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:04:59 +0000

Carved limestone niche from the palace complex of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham

Amman, Jordan, 105-125 AH/724-743 CE
93 cm high; 63 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 65 S e

LNS 63 S (j)

hoda — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:02:45 +0000

Limestone segment from a torus moulding carved with scrolling vines from the palace of the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid II at al-Mshatta (part of a band framing a great arched entrance)

Near Amman, Jordan, circa 126 AH/743-4 CE
40.5 cm high; 36 cm wide
Inv. No: LNS 63 S (j)