The Islamic art collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA

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Architectural Context

Shrine of Shaykh Safi, Ardabil, Iran, Safavid Period

Maydan, Isfahan, Iran, 17th century

Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 13th - 15th century

Complex of Faraj
ibn Barquq,
Cairo, Egypt, 1400-1411

Hasht Bihisht, Isfahan, Iran, 1669

Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, Cairo, Egypt, 876-879

Sulaymania Complex,
Istanbul, Turkey,
1550-1557

Mausoleum of the
Samanids, Bukhara,
Uzbekistan, first
half 10th century

Madrasa of Sultan Hasan,
Cairo, Egypt, 1356-1363

Site of Ilkhanid palace
at Takht-i Sulayman,
Iran, ca. 1270s

Mausoleum of Qaytbay, Cairo, Egypt, 1472-1474

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, begun 1459

Mosque and Khanqah of Amir Shaykhu, Cairo, Egypt, 1349 and 1355, respectively.
Photos: Bernard O'Kane

Image in top banner:
Spain, Granada, Alhambra, Tile, 14th century, earthenware, cuerda seca, 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (34.3 x 34.3 cm), The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Joan Palevsky, M.73.5.782

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