Pair of Minbar Doors

مصراعا منبر

Pair of Minbar Doors; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 91.1.2064.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Two leaves of a minbar of carved and inlaid rosewood and mulberry, about 1325–1330, Egypt. One of the fine works of Egyptian woodwork. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Pair of Minbar Doors”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/abwab-minbar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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