From top: Fatimid plate from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo; Ottoman painting featuring Sultan Ahmet I from the National Museum of Scotland; Zeitouna Mosque in Tunisia; Silver enamelled jewellery box from the National and Archaeological Museum of Madrid; Umayyad brass astrolab from Scotland; Ayyubid earthenware horseman from the National Museum of Damascus; Mameluke brass inlaid table with silver from Cairo
photos courtesy of the MWNF board

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