Explore artefacts made over a period of more than 1000 years in the heart of the Islamic world.
In the year AH 77 (AD 696), the Umayyad caliph ‘Abd al-Malik (ruled AD 685-705) was responsible for one of the most significant reforms in the early history of Islam. The figurative motifs that had decorated Islamic coins until that moment were entirely replaced by epigraphic decoration, giving Islamic coinage a very distinctive appearance. Inscriptions on this dinar (gold coin), include Qur’anic passages that proclaim the belief in one God and in Muhammad as His prophet. While a wide range of variations continued to occur in time and place, epigraphic coins remained canonical across the Islamic world.
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Objects may have since been removed or replaced from a gallery. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
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