March – July 2009
This exhibition presents a number of items of the highest quality and historical importance. This selection, only a small fraction of the Farjam Foundation, represents art forms produced throughout the Islamic world and has been chronologically divided as follows:
The Origins and Establishment of Islamic Art
(1st to 7th century AH)
New Styles and Techniques: The Development of Islamic Artafter the Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate
(7th to 10th century AH)
Expansion under Imperial Rule: Mughal India, the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Persia
(10th to 13th century AH)
Islamic Art in the 13th century AH: Sustaining Tradition in Modern Times
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