Untitled Flashcards Set

List of Objects/Monuments that may appear in Q. 1 (Slide Identification & Analysis) of the Exam:
1. Umayyad Mosque of Damascus, 708–715 CE (Patron: al-Walid I, r. 705–15), Damascus (Syria)
2. Great Mosque/Friday Mosque, completed c. 860 (Patron: al-Mutawakkil, r. 847–861), Samarra
(Iraq) [Abbasid]
3. Folio from a Qur’an (recto), late 7th - early 8th century, brown ink and pigments on parchment
(decorative details in red, green, yellow, and white), 46.5 cm x 39.9 cm, Syria? [Davids Collection
(Copenhagen), 26/2003]
4. Folio from the Blue Qur’an, second half of the 9th - mid-10th century, gold and silver ink on indigo-
dyed parchment, 30.4 cm x 40.2 cm, Tunisia (possibly Qairawan)? Abbasid Iraq? [Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 2004.88]
5. Great Mosque of Cordoba, 784–786; 836; ca. 962; 987–988, Cordoba (Spain)
6. Casket of ‘Abd al-Malik, 395 AH (1004–1005), Spain, carved ivory, 23.6 cm x 38.4 cm x 23.7 cm
[Pamplona, Museo de Navarra]
7. Casket of Hisham II, ca. 976 (patron: al-Hakam II), makers: Badr and Tarif, wooden box with
embossed, nielloed, and gilded silver plates, 27 cm (h) x 38.5-39 cm (w) x 23-23.5 cm (d) [Girona
Cathedral]
8. Bowl, late 12th century-early 13th century, probably Kashan (Iran), stone-paste; glazed (opaque
monochrome) in-glaze- and overglaze-painted and gilded (mina’i), 8.7cm (h) x 22.1 cm (diam.)
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, 57.36.2]
9. Blacas Ewer, 629 AH (1232 CE), Mosul (Iraq), brass inlaid with silver and copper, 30.4 cm (h) [The
British Museum, 1866,1229,61]
10. Canteen, mid-13th century, brass with silver inlay, Mosul (Iraq), 45.2 cm (h) x 36.7 cm (w)
[Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art (Freer|Sackler), F1941.10]
11. Bimaristan of Nur al-Din, 549 AH (1154 CE), Damascus (Syria)
12. Tile with Image of a Phoenix, late 13th century, (Iran, probably Takht-i Sulayman), stonepaste;
modeled, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, 37.5
cm x 36.2 cm [Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.49.4]
13. “Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon” (back and front of folio), Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330–35, Tabriz
(Iran), ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 45.8 cm x 34.4 cm [Cleveland Museum of Art,
1943.658]
14. “Mahmud of Ghazna donning a robe from the Caliph al-Qahir in the year 999 CE/AH 389”, Jami’ al-
Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) by Rashid al-Din, 714 AH (1314 CE), Tabriz (Iran), ink,
opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 45.1 cm x 33.6 cm [Edinburgh University Library, Or Ms 20]
15. Madrasa wa Qubbat wa Bimaristan al-Sultan Qalawun (built by Amir ‘Alam al-Din Sanjar al-
Shuja’i), 1284/85, Cairo (Egypt)
2

AHS 013 - Final Exam Guide
16. Sultan Hasan Funerary Complex (madrasa, mausoleum, and mosque), supervisor of construction:
Muhammad Ibn Baylik al-Muhsini, 1356–63, Cairo (Egypt)
17. Mosque Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aydakin al-‘Ala’i al-Bunduqdar, ca. 1285, Egypt (poss.
Cairo), glass; brownish; blown, folded foot; applied handles; enamelled and gilded, 26.4 cm (h) x 21
cm (diam. of rim) [Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.985]
18. Shrine of Shaykh Ahmed Yasavi (d. 1166), 1389-1405, Turkestan City (Kazakhsta
19. “The Seduction of Yusuf” from a Bustan of Sa’di, Bihzad, 1488, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on
paper, Herat (Afghanistan), 30.5 cm x 21.5 cm [Cairo, Adab Farsi 908]
20. “The Court of Kayumars” from Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Sultan Muhammad, ca. 1525 C.E.,
Tabriz (Iran), opaque watercolour, ink, silver and gold on paper, 45 cm x 30 cm [Aga Khan
Museum, AKM 165]
21. “Two Lovers”, signed & dated by Riza Abbasi [In Persian, left center: “Drawn by the humble Riza-yi
Abbasi, in good fortune, year A.H. 1039, completed on Tuesday, eighth day of Shawwal”], 1629-30
C.E., Iran, opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper, 17.5 cm x 11.1 cm [Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 50.164]
22. The Princes of the House of Timur (also known as Humayun’s Garden Party), artist: Mir Sayyid ‘Ali,
ca. 1550-5; 1605; 1628, opaque watercolour and gold on cotton, India, 108.05 cm x 108 cm [British
Museum, 1913,0208,0.1]
23. Humayun’s Tomb, designed by Mirak-i Sayyid Ghias & Muhammad-i Mirak, 1564-73, Delhi (India)
24. Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent Wearing the Jewel-Studded Helmet, anonymous Venetian, ca.
1540–50, woodcut, sheet: 89 cm x 51.3 cm [Metropolitan Museum of Art, 42.41.1]
25. Suleymaniye Mosque, Sinan (architect) 1550-80, Istanbul (Turkey)
26. Said Naum Mosque, Adhi Moershid (Atelier Enam), 1977, Jakarta (Indonesia)
27. Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Halcrow Group, 2007, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
28. Bait ur Rouf Mosque, Marina Tabassum (architect), 2005-2012, Dhaka (Bangladesh)