Word List Timeline

‘AbbasidAbsolutism(750-945)

Shi‘iCentury(945-1055)

Baghdad River TigrisSawad

hadith shari‘a (Islamic Law)

750-54 Reign of al-Saffah.

754-75 Reign of al-Mansur.

786-809 Reign of Harunal-Rashid.

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dhimmis (non-Muslims underMuslim rule)

Bayt al-Hikma(House of Wisdom)

Khurasan

Sufis

809-13 Reign of al-Amin.

811-13 Civil war.

813-33 Reign of al-Ma’mun.

833-42 Reign ofal-Mu‘tasim.

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Sawad

al-Muwaffaq

khariji

836 Caliphate movesto Samarra.

847-61 Reign ofal-Mutawakkil

869-70 Reign of al-Muhtadi.

870-92 Reign ofal-Mu‘tamid

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Bahrayn

Qarmatians

Daylam

Mu‘izz al-DawlaAhmad ibn Buya

amir al-umara’

891-902 Reign ofal-Mu‘tadid.

892 Caliphate returns toBaghdad.

930-51 Qarmatians holdBlack Stone.

945 Buyids take Baghdad.

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Buyids

shahanshah ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib

imam (spiritual leader)

ithna‘asharis/”Twelvers”/Imamis

mahdi (fore-ordained leader)

991-1031 Reign of al-Qadir.

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Ghaznavids

Saljuqs/Seljüks

1055 Saljuqs/Seljüks takeBaghdad.

Sulphur

Ochre Vinegar

MetallicOxides

Creating Lustreware

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Mosque of Mutawakkil, or Great Mosque; Samarra (Iraq); view fromthe north. AD 848-852. (F)

Mosque of Mutawakkil, or Great Mosque; Samarra (Iraq); Minaretand exterior wall, begun c. 847. (F)

Mosque of Mutawakkil, or Great Mosque; Samarra (Iraq); Minaretand 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)

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Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Exterior view. NE corner ofSahn (open court with fountain) with arcade and minaret. (F)

Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Exterior view. Sanctuaryarcade, west view (sanctuary is open to the north). Mosque forAhmad Ibn Tulun (governor of Cairo from Baghdad).Mesopotamian influence. (F)

Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Ornamental detail. Closedetail of column capitals and decorative frieze. (F)

Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Ornamental detail. Open courtspandrel. (F)

Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Ornamental detail. Decorativeplasterwork. (F)

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Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Interior view. Mihrab andMinbar. (F)

Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. 876-879 AD. Ornamental detail. Outer detail.(F)

Tomb of the Samanids Bukhara. The only surviving whole structure ofthe Samani period. 907 AD. (F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; palace floor plan. (F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; the palace. (F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; entrance. (F)

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Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; detail of the battlements of Ukhaidir.(F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; south façade of the Court of Honorand Boundary wall. c. 774/775. (F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; interior view of the stoa from theUkhaidir palace mosque. (F)

Ukhaidir, near Baghdad, 8th c AD; north façade of the Court of Honor,restored. (F)

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Earthenware dish: lustre painted abstract bird. Samarra (Iraq). PossiblyCygnus constellation? 9th c. 27cm. Source: Niall Christie, PrivateCollection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/FINA224slides/cygnus1.jpg> and <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/FINA224slides/cygnus2.jpg>.

Earthenware dish: lustre painted abstract bird. Samarra (Iraq). PossiblyCygnus constellation? 9th c. 27cm. (F)

Earthenware bowl: polychrome lustre: Iraq, 9th c. Twirling halfpalmettes. (F)

Earthenware dish: vegetal decoration: lustre painted. Iraq, mid-9th c.19cm. (F)

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Lustre-painted ceramic plate with floral palmettes. Inscription =li-Malikna(?) (for our king). 37.0cm. 9th c, Iraq. (F)

Earthenware bowl, opaque white glaze painted blue: 9th c. Mesopotamia.24cm. “Blessings to the owner, the work of Muhammad…” (F)

Ceramic bowl from Iraq. 9th c. 19.7cm. Inscription = baraka. (F)

Ceramic bowl, 19.7cm. 9th c Iraq. (F [side view])

Ceramic bowl with 6 petal blossom decoration. Indigenous. 9th c. Iraq.(F)

Ceramic bowl showing 6 petal decoration. 9th c. Iraq. (F)

Earthenware plate: Caliphal period, 10th c. (F)

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Earthenware bowl: brown and red slip painted. Iran. 10th c. 39cm indiameter. (F)

Mystery object! 9th c. Egypt. (F)

Glass goblet with applied decoration. 9th c, Iraq. Found in Fustat. (F)

Moulded glass bowl in Roman style: 10th c. Egypt or Syria. (F)

Mosaic glass vessel. 4.2cm. 9th c. Syria. (F)

Glass beaker. Polychrome lustre. Damascus (?). 9th c. Kufic calligraphy:palmette-headed trees. (F)

Glass bottle, relief cut. Iran-Iraq, 9-10th c. 15cm. Green overlay, clearglass. (F)

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Blue glass bowl. Iran. 9-10th c. Tri-lobed framing elements, splitpalmettes. (F)

Mystery object! Glass. Eastern Mediterranean. 8th-9th c. (F)

Brass ewer. 8-9th c. Iraq. (F)

Brass/bronze ewer with engraved decoration. 9th c. Iran (but found inEgypt). (F)

Mystery object! Iran, 9-10th c. (F)

Mystery object! 8-9th c. Syria. (F)

King being attended to. Gilt silver. Iran. 10th c. (F)

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Brass astrolabe. 17.5 cm. 10th c. (F)

Celestial sphere. 11th c. (F)

Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Book of Fired Stars. 1009. Ink and colouron 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. 11th c. (F)

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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, 10th century. Yemen. Cotton, ink, goldleaf; plain weave with painted decoration; 23 x 16 in. (58.4 x40.6 cm). (Metropolitan Museum of Art:<http://www.metmuseum.org/>.)

Textile fragment, late 10th 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>.)