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Abbasid adorned Albert Museum animals Arab architecture Asia Baghdad Bihzad birds blue Bowl buildings built Byzantine Cairo caliphs capital carpets carved centre colours Damascus dated decoration depicting designs developed Diam distinct dome dynasty early Egypt eleventh century entrance examples excavations façade Fatimid figures finest Fostat fourteenth century glaze gumbat Hariri Herat Ibn Tulun illustrations important inscription Isfahan Islamic art Islamic world Isnik Istanbul K. A. C. Creswell Kashan known Konya kufic later lustre Madrassa Mamluk Manuscript Masjid-i-Jami mausoleum Mesopotamia metalwork mihrab minaret miniatures Mongol mosaics Mosul motifs Muhammad Muslim ninth Nishapur Ottoman outstanding painted painters palace patronage patterns period Persia Photo popular pottery probably Qairawan Raqqa Rayy Samarkand Samarra Sassanian scenes Seljuk sgraffito Shah Shah-nama Shiraz silk similar stucco style stylized Sultan survive Syria Tabriz Talbot Rice technique tenth century textiles thirteenth century tiles Turkey twelfth century Umayyad usually vessels Victoria and Albert wall-paintings ware این