Cairo - Museum of Islamic Art

Room 3: Abbasid (750-867) and Tulunid (668-905) periods: glazed pottery with stylized decoration; stucco work from dwelling houses; Late Sassanid metalwork; gravestones with Kufic inscriptions.

Room 10: 18th C. room with a fountain and a beautiful carved wooden stalactitic ceiling.

Room 19: Arabic books and manuscripts (book illumination).

Room 12: arms and armor.

Room 20: glass, pottery, metalwork and carpets from Asia Minor.

Court (No. 18): inscriptions on stone in Kufic and Neshi script; stone-carving.

Room 13: Egyptian faience, mainly of the Fatimid period; 18th and 19th C. tapestries.

Rooms 14-16: faience and porcelain from other countries.

Room 4: utensils, textiles and jewelry in the vigorous style of the Fatimid period (969-1171 ); ceiling paintings from a bath house in Fustat, in Ayyubid style (1171-1250).

Fatimid textiles are often distinguished through the use of either woven or embroidered words/names in stylized Arabic or Kufic script. These textiles were often issued to the nobility by the ruler and contained either his name, prayers to Allah, or both. Sometime a date was also indicated, usually connected with the reign of the monarch.

Room 6: woodwork of the Fatimid and Ayyubid periods, including a door from the El-Azhar Mosque (1010).

Room 9: inlaid furniture and metalwork of the Mameluke period.

Room 21: glass; collection of glass lamps from mosques.

Vestibule and Room l. chronology of the Islamic dynasties of Egypt; glass and pottery.

Room 11: metalwork of the Mameluke period.

Room 5. Mameluke style (1250-1517): architectural elements and elaborate damascene work from Cairo's artistic heyday.

Room 2: applied art of the Omayyad period (661-750), including a richly decorated bronze vessel (eighth C.) from Abusir.

Room 22: a large collection of Persian pottery from the eighth to the 16th C.; Persian carpets (17-19th C.), metalwork, books and manuscripts, etc.

This attraction is especially notable for the carpet collector or enthusiast. The 17th C. was a period of extreme stylistic excellence and technical skill.

Room 23: temporary exhibitions of material from the Museum's reserves.

Room 17: textiles (7th-17th C.).

Islamic artisans developed a high degree of technological skill in the creation of textiles. They were a major influence on what was eventually produced throughout Europe and North Africa.

Rooms 7 and 8: woodcarving, intarsia and inlay work of the Ayyubid and Mameluke periods.