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‘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.

Map Link: The ‘Abbasid Caliphate, c. 800:

<http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/arabworld/abbasidhist1.gif>

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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

Map Link: Regional Dynasties, 9th, 10th Century:

<http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/arabworld/abbasidhist1.gif>

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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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F = Ferret, A = Archnet

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. (Niall Christie, PrivateCollection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/HIST2252slides/cygnus1.jpg> and <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/HIST2252slides/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)

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

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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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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)

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

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Silver wine cup with poem by Ibn Sukkara al-Hashimi (d. 995-96).(Metropolitan Museum of Art: <http://metmuseum.org/>.)

Wine Poem at: <http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/ibn-sukkara-al-hashimi-iran-wine-cup-64.133.2>.

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

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

Sasanian Silver and Gilt Plate, 5th-7th Century. (Freer andSackler Galleries, Purchase F1964.10: <http://www.asia.si.edu/>.)

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

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Celestial sphere. 11th c. (F)

Andromeda from al-Sufi’s Book of Fixed Stars. 1009. Ink and colouron paper. 26.3 x 18.2 cm. (F)

Serpent and Serpent-Bearer from 12th c. copy of al-Sufi’s Book of FixedStars. (Bodleian Library, Oxford:<http://treasures.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/>.)

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])

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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)