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

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Overview

The famous lapis Kashan mihrab from about 1300, the largest surviving ceramic mihrab from Mongol Iran, given to the museum by George Salting. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. ¹

People and things also explored

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

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Salting Mihrab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mihrab-salting/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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