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In time

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

Arts of the book

Overview

A page from a Divan of Hafiz showing dervishes dancing in a listening session, Afghanistan; about 1480, one of the masterpieces of early Safavid painting. 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

Sources

Metropolitan Museum Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Dancing Dervishes”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/darawish-raqis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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Arabesque

The interlaced vegetal ornament that became the signature of Islamic art, flowing across stucco, stone, wood and manuscripts.