Mamluk carpets

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Fifteenth–sixteenth-century Egyptian Mamluk carpets with central geometric medallions; among the rarest Islamic carpet types.

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Mamluk Egyptian carpets of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with central geometric medallions. They are among the finest types of Islamic carpet. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Islamic geometric patterns· The Ardabil Carpet· Great Mosque of Samarra· Grand Bazaar of Isfahan· Bazaar of Tabriz· Bibi-Khanym Mosque

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islam.museum contributors. “Mamluk carpets”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/mamluk-carpets/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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