Objects
Manuscripts, art, architecture and relics from collections worldwide.
What is in this wing so far: Roadmap: the full Objects hall arrives in a later phase.
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Masjid Al-Aqsa
A mosque in Jerusalem. - Building
al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)
The church Abraha built in Yemen to divert the Arabs’ pilgrimage from Mecca — the ambition that led to the elephant campaign. - Building
Badshahi Mosque
A mosque in Lahore, dated to 1671 CE. - Building
Dar al-Nadwa
The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there. - Building
Dome of the Rock
A shrine in Jerusalem, dated to 691 CE. - Building
Eyüp Sultan Mosque
A mosque in Istanbul, dated to 1458 CE. - Building
Ferhat Pasha Mosque
A mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina, dated to 1579 CE. - Building
Great Mosque of al-Nuri
A mosque in Mosul, dated to 1172 CE. - Building
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
A mosque in Turkey, dated to 1091 CE. - Building
Great Mosque of Kufa
A mosque in Kufa. - Building
Great Mosque of Qal'at Bani Hammad
A mosque in Algeria, dated to 1008 CE. - Building
Hagia Sophia
A building in Istanbul, dated to 532 CE. - Building
The Kaaba
The House whose foundations Ibrahim and Ismail raised at Mecca; it was a raised mound before the building, then the sanctuary toward which Arabia’s tribes came — custodied successively by Ismail’s line, Jurhum, Khuzaʾa and finally Quraysh under Qusayy. - Building
The Maʾrib Dam
The great dam of the Sabaean kingdom whose construction began in the Mukarrib era; its repeated breaches, and final burst around 450 CE, are the Sayl al-Arim of Surat Saba in the sira’s account. - Building
Al-Masjid Al-Haram
The mosque in Mecca. - Building
Quba Mosque
A mosque in Quba, dated to 622 CE. - Building
Mosque of Omar
A mosque in Jerusalem, dated to 1193 CE. - Building
New Mosque
A mosque in Istanbul, dated to 1597 CE. - Building
Prophet's Mosque
The mosque in Medina, dated to 622 CE. - Building
Tongxin Great Mosque
A mosque in China, dated to 1573 CE. - Event
The demolition of al-Lat
c. December 630 CE · Ramadan 9 AHFulfilling the Thaqif treaty's clause, the Prophet sent Khalid ibn al-Walid who demolished al-Lat at al-Ta'if; al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba struck its gate with the pickaxe after feigning a collapse that terrified the onlookers, and its ornaments and covering were divided the same day. - Object
Ukaydir's brocade coat (qaba')
A qaba gown of gold-laced brocade worn by Ukaydir; Khalid ibn al-Walid took it and sent it to the Prophet, and the Muslims kept touching it in wonder.