Word List Timeline Abbasid Absolutism 750 945 750

Word List Timeline ‘Abbasid Absolutism (750 -945) 750 -54 Reign of al-Saffah. Shi‘i Century (945 -1055) 786 -809 Reign of Harun al-Rashid. 754 -75 Reign of al-Mansur. Baghdad River Tigris Sawad hadith shari‘a (Islamic Law)

Word List Timeline dhimmis (non. Muslims under Muslim rule) 809 -13 Reign of al-Amin. 811 -13 Civil war. Bayt al-Hikma 813 -33 Reign of al-Ma’mun. (House of Wisdom) 833 -42 Reign of Khurasan al-Mu‘tasim. Sufis

Word List Timeline Sawad 836 Caliphate moves to Samarra. al-Muwaffaq khariji 847 -61 Reign of al-Mutawakkil 869 -70 Reign of al-Muhtadi. 870 -92 Reign of al-Mu‘tamid

Word List Timeline Bahrayn 891 -902 Reign of al-Mu‘tadid. Qarmatians Daylam 892 Caliphate returns to Baghdad. Mu‘izz al-Dawla 930 -51 Qarmatians hold Ahmad ibn Buya Black Stone. amir al-umara’ 945 Buyids take Baghdad.

Word List Timeline Buyids 991 -1031 Reign of al-Qadir. shahanshah ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib imam (spiritual leader) ithna‘asharis/”Twelvers”/Imamis mahdi (fore-ordained leader)

Word List Timeline Ghaznavids 1055 Saljuqs/Seljüks take Baghdad. Saljuqs/Seljüks

Creating Lustreware Sulphur Metallic Oxides Ochre Vinegar

Object List Mosque of Mutawakkil, or Great Mosque; Samarra (Iraq); view from the north. AD 848 -852. (F) Mosque of Mutawakkil, or Great Mosque; Samarra (Iraq); Minaret and exterior wall, begun c. 847. (F [different view]) Ziggurat. (Livius. Org: <http: //www. livius. org/>. ) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Exterior view. Aerial view. (F) Minaret of Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun. (A) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Exterior view. NE corner of Sahn (open court with fountain) with arcade and minaret. (F) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Exterior view. Sanctuary arcade, west view (sanctuary is open to the north). Mosque for Ahmad Ibn Tulun (governor of Cairo from Baghdad). Mesopotamian influence. (F) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Ornamental detail. Close detail of column capitals and decorative frieze. (F) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Ornamental detail. Open court spandrel. (F) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Ornamental detail. Decorative plasterwork. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Interior view. Mihrab and Minbar. (F) Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876 -879 AD. Ornamental detail. Outer detail. (F) Tomb of the Samanids Bukhara. The only surviving whole structure of the Samani period. 907 AD. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; palace floor plan. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; the palace. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; entrance. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; detail of the battlements of Ukhaidir. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; south façade of the Court of Honor and Boundary wall. c. 774/775. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; interior view of the stoa from the Ukhaidir palace mosque. (F) Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8 th c AD; north façade of the Court of Honor, restored. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Earthenware dish: lustre painted abstract bird. Samarra (Iraq). Possibly Cygnus constellation? 9 th c. 27 cm. Source: Niall Christie, Private Collection: <http: //www 3. telus. net/nchristi/FINA 224 slides/cygnus 1. jpg> and <http: //www 3. telus. net/nchristi/FINA 224 slides/cygnus 2. jpg>. Earthenware dish: lustre painted abstract bird. Samarra (Iraq). Possibly Cygnus constellation? 9 th c. 27 cm. (F) Earthenware bowl: polychrome lustre: Iraq, 9 th c. Twirling half palmettes. (F) Earthenware dish: vegetal decoration: lustre painted. Iraq, mid-9 th c. 19 cm. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Lustre-painted ceramic plate with floral palmettes. Inscription = li-Malikna(? ) (for our king). 37. 0 cm. 9 th c, Iraq. (F) Earthenware bowl, opaque white glaze painted blue: 9 th c. Mesopotamia. 24 cm. “Blessings to the owner, the work of Muhammad…” (F) Ceramic bowl from Iraq. 9 th c. 19. 7 cm. Inscription = baraka. (F) Ceramic bowl, 19. 7 cm. 9 th c Iraq. (F [side view]) Ceramic bowl with 6 petal blossom decoration. Indigenous. 9 th c. Iraq. (F) Ceramic bowl showing 6 petal decoration. 9 th c. Iraq. (F) Earthenware plate: Caliphal period, 10 th c. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Earthenware bowl: brown and red slip painted. Iran. 10 th c. 39 cm in diameter. (F) Mystery object! 9 th c. Egypt. (F) Glass goblet with applied decoration. 9 th c, Iraq. Found in Fustat. (F) Moulded glass bowl in Roman style: 10 th c. Egypt or Syria. (F) Mosaic glass vessel. 4. 2 cm. 9 th c. Syria. (F) Glass beaker. Polychrome lustre. Damascus (? ). 9 th c. Kufic calligraphy: palmette-headed trees. (F) Glass bottle, relief cut. Iran-Iraq, 9 -10 th c. 15 cm. Green overlay, clear glass. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Blue glass bowl. Iran. 9 -10 th c. Tri-lobed framing elements, split palmettes. (F) Mystery object! Glass. Eastern Mediterranean. 8 th-9 th c. (F) Brass ewer. 8 -9 th c. Iraq. (F) Brass/bronze ewer with engraved decoration. 9 th c. Iran (but found in Egypt). (F) Mystery object! Iran, 9 -10 th c. (F) Mystery object! 8 -9 th c. Syria. (F) King being attended to. Gilt silver. Iran. 10 th c. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Brass astrolabe. 17. 5 cm. 10 th c. (F) Celestial sphere. 11 th c. (F) Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Book of Fired Stars. 1009. Ink and colour on paper. 26. 3 x 18. 2 cm. (F) Qur’an: Ibn al-Bawwab 1000 -1. Brown ink, colour and gold on paper. 17. 5 x 13. 5 cm. (F) Qur’an. 1001 AD. Executed by Iraqi Calligrapher Ibn al-Bawwab. (F [cover pages]) Qur’an 8: 41. Illuminated by al-Warraq. Eastern Kufi. 11 th c. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Yellow tiraz. Mulham: woven red silk, caliph al-Mu‘tadid: Iran: 896 AD. (F) White linen Tiraz, embr. Blue and yellow silk, caliph al-Mu‘tamid, Alexandria: 885/6 AD. (F) Tiraz fragment from a shawl, 10 th century. Yemen. Cotton, ink, gold leaf; plain weave with painted decoration; 23 x 16 in. (58. 4 x 40. 6 cm). (Metropolitan Museum of Art: <http: //www. metmuseum. org/>. ) Textile fragment, late 10 th century; ‘Abbasid. Probably Iraq. Cotton, plain weave with painted inscription; 9 x 14 in. (22. 9 x 35. 6 cm). (Metropolitan Museum of Art: <http: //www. metmuseum. org>. ) F = Ferret, A = Archnet