The museum looks out into old Cairo. It has two entrances, one on each side: one on the north-eastern side and one on the south-eastern side. A lovely garden with a fountain previously led to the main entrance, but it was eventually destroyed.
The Port Said Street entry has a highly elegant exterior, rich in ornamentation and recesses influenced by Egyptian Islamic architecture from various times. The museum is a two-story structure with exhibition galleries on the bottom floor and general stores on the top floor. The basement has a shop that is linked to the Restoration Section.
THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART HISTORY
1869 During the reign of Khedive Ismail, the concept of constructing a museum for Islamic arts and antiquities initially arose. This was accomplished during the reign of his son, Khedive Tawfiq.
The idea for the museum was conceived in 1880 and realised in 1903, under the rule of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II. The structure was created in the neo-Mamluk style and is located next to the Egyptian National Library and Archives, known as "Dar el-Kotob."
THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART
The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo is considered the world's biggest museum specialised in Islamic Art, with over 100,000 objects spanning all fields of Islamic art from all times of Islamic history. Its collection is distinguished by its breadth and depth in terms of quantity and quality of coverage, and it has served as a beacon of Islamic art and civilisation throughout its history. It has also become a source of information for researchers, historians, and tourists from all walks of life interested in digging into the complexities of Islamic disciplines such as medicine, engineering, and astronomy.
The museum's extensive collection of texts and artefacts related with subjects such as Medicine, Surgery, Horticulture, and Astronomical tools such as astrolabs, compasses, and geographical globes made this feasible. The collection contains metallic, glass, and porcelain kitchenware, as well as jewellery, weaponry, wood and ivory pieces, tapestries, rugs, and so on.
The Museum also has several extremely rare and one-of-a-kind works that eloquently exhibit the degree of brilliance and exactitude obtained by Moslem artists in their work. From the day it opened, the Museum of Islamic Art became a Mecca for famous visitors such as monarchs and chiefs of state
THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART COLLECTION
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TEXTILES CARPETS
"Silk velvet pile horse saddle cover with embroidered silver thread" Turkey - Ottoman 10th A.H/16th A.D century- This saddle is a real example of the value of kindness in Islam." In this spirit, Islamic Art has developed a plethora of additional items meant to protect and care for various creatures. So, despite the fact that it was just a horse saddle meant to cover a horse's back, the artisan who constructed it worked hard to decorate it with velvet, silk, and silver threads. This exemplifies the Islamic Civilization's idea of beauty, charity, and compassion for sentient creatures."
STONES
"Marble mosaic fountain /Egypt- Mamluk 8th- 9th A.H/14th -15th A.D century"
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Date of Object: Hegira 5th century / AD 11th century
Dynasty: Fatimid
Provenance: Fustat, Egypt.
A frescoed architectural relic consisting of a niche with a pointed arch that was formerly part of a bathhouse. The picture within the niche depicts a person painted in black and red watercolours on a white backdrop using the fresco style.
The subject is a sitting young man, maybe a royal, holding a cup in his hand. He is dressed in a loose robe-like fabric covered with red botanical themes. Two bands surround his upper arms, and a pleated turban covers his head. Perhaps to emphasise the youth's position, a full circular halo develops around his head. He is dressed in a scarf that is wrapped around his back, with the two ends coming from beneath his armpits and then hanging down, suspended in mid-air. Under the turban, two sections of the youth's hair can be seen, one in the front and one in the rear.
An arch made of bead-like roundels frames the nook. In terms of figures, such as the shape of the heads and the circular halo, as well as recurring decorative elements, such as the framing in the shape of an arch, the fresco mimics paintings found in Samarra, Iraq. Furthermore, the style implementation is far from realistic, leaning more toward the beautiful, with apparent Persian influences. The Fatimid frescoes are not dissimilar in shape, style, or subject substance to images done on Egyptian metallic lustre pottery during this time period.
The pictorial representation on this architectural fragment can be studied by comparing it to similar Fatimid-period examples executed on various media: ceramics, some wooden pieces, and many textiles. It is also worth considering the role of painting as a distinct decorative component of the applied arts during the Fatimid period.
IVORY
"Mother-of-pearl inlaid ivory kohl container/Egypt-Mamluk or Ottoman 9th-10th A.H/15th-16th A.D century - Cleanliness, appropriate conduct, and good appearance are considered indicators of faith in Islam." As a result, beauty items such as perfume sprinklers, eyeliner pots, combs, and mirrors were prominent in Islamic Art."
CERAMIC
Date: Hegira 5th century / AD 11th century
Material: Ceramic with metallic lustre decoration over a glazed surface.
Dynasty: Fatimid
A huge dish with a surface edge that bends outward to a rim decorated with a sequence of triangles that resemble saw teeth. The interior of the dish is decorated with a sitting woman playing a stringed instrument like a guitar. She is dressed in a long gown with a V-shaped neck and broad sleeves that is embellished with thick stripes and cross shapes. She is wearing a choker-style necklace with a V-shape that sits within the neck of her outfit.
The motifs on her outfit are peculiar to Fatimid clothing, with the folds around the legs decorated with ornamentation. The musician's face is seen in profile. A turban-style toque crowns her head, and two locks of her hair emerge from behind the headpiece on either side of her face, along with a little tuft of hair behind her neck.
The backdrop is adorned with uneven surfaces delineated by thin strokes filled with circles, dots, and painted branches from which cone-shaped leaves sprout. A finely sculpted ewer on the woman's left side is encircled by stylised vegetal-leaf motifs; two blossoming branches emerge from the ewer's mouth. A series of broad lines run beneath the dish's rim, beneath the painted serrated edge.
"Fayoum porcelain jar adorned with floral, geometric, and epigraphic themes in various hues-Egypt - Fatimid 4th - 5th century A.H / 10th - 11th century A.D"
WOOD
"Turned wood balcony - The phrase is derived from the Arabic root Sharaba, which means "to drink," and is assumed to be associated with the habit of filling water jars- Egypt-Ottoman 11th-12thA.H/17th-18thA.D century. During the Ottoman period in Egypt, this lattice-work balcony ornament known as "Mashrabiyyah" was commonly employed in the façade of buildings. It allowed ladies to glance through them while maintaining their privacy. As a result, the Mashrabiyyah became the greatest way to maintain the seclusion of the home while adhering to Islamic chastity norms. The term Mashrabiyyah is derived from the word Sharbiyyah, which refers to the area outside the windows where water jars were put to cool."
METALS
GLASS
"A glass bottle with enamelled and gilded design bearing the name of Sultan Salah al-Din Yusuf, prince of Aleppo - Syria, Ayyubid 7th A.H / 13th A.D century - The bottle is conical in shape, with a long neck and a curving spout." The gilt inscription on the neck read al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf, prince of Aleppo who died in 658AH/1260AD. It is significant because it is one of the first instances of enamelled glass artefacts."
MANUSCRIPT
"From the manuscript 'Nihyat al Sawl,' page /Egypt - Mamluke (9th AH/15th AD)"
NUMISMATICS
"Golden dinar inscribed with the name of Ottoman Sultan Abd al Hamid - Ottoman 14th AH/20th AD century Egypt"
JEWELERY
"Necklace consists of twenty-four elongated pieces. Suspended from the center is a crescent-shaped pendant decorated in enamel and inscribed with ‘al-‘Izz al-Da’im’ (perpetual glory)" Egypt / 6th A.H - 12th A.D century"
WEAPONS
"Jade knob on a steel dagger,India- Mughal 10th AH/16th AD century" "
THE MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC HOURS AND LOCATION
The museum is open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday hours are 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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