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Koran written in Arabic (14h c. ). Miniature PaintingKoran written in Arabic (14h c.). Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)
Detail from Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir TurkeyDecorative detail from the tomb of Haji Bektash Veli in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
Turkish HodjaTurkish holy man ( Hodja ) - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact
Ottoman C16 Koran / BackA fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Reverse of page
Muslim women bathing in a public bathsMuslim women and children bathing in a public baths. They fill basins at spigots, wash each others hair, nurse babies and wear high wooden sandals. Bagni Pubblici
Scenes from Tripoli in the Barbary States, 1820Hunting lions in the Barbary States 10, camels and drivers sleeping in the desert 11, and Arabs inviting travellers to dine 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev
Sacred books of the East for Indian SoldiersExamples of the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita, distributed to convalescent Indian soldiers by Alfred Ezra, a businessman with connections in the east
The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on MountRevelation of Tanail. The Archangel Gabriel gives the Qur an to Muhammad on Mount Hira during a battle. Ottoman miniature. 15th century. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
A lesson in a Madrasa, Tunisia. Date: 1902
Quran. Kufic script. Archaeological Museum of Lahore. Pakistan
Quran. Manuscript written by the scribe Hamail Sharif. Dated between 7th and 13th centuries. Archaeological Museum. Lahore. Pakistan
The interior of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Date: circa 1910
RIZA I ABBASI (16th c. ). History of Koran orRIZA I ABBASI (16th c.). History of Koran or History of the Ancient Prophets and Kings. Qisas al-anbiyy⮠ c. 1595. Fol. 132v. Solomon and Balqis, Queen of Sheba. Persian art
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The Moors who had settled in Spain, giving up the superstitiGOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Moors who had settled in Spain, giving up the superstitions of the Koran
The Throne of Muhammed / Tahti Muhammet in the Meydan in HajiA small throne of three steps, originally holding twelve or more candles. Among these candles, in front of them was a tall candle with a top shaped like a the crown of the Bektashi dervish
Alevi Semah in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey" Alevi-Bektashi spiritual ritual dance performance called " semah" which has the meaning of sky, in the second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey." Date
Haji Bektash Veli Cultural CentreHaji Bektash Veli Cultural Center designed by Ozkaragoz in 1994 which is used for Alevi semah performances at the weekends. Date: 2012
Haji Bektash Veli Statue in Haji Bektash Village in NevsehirGuvenc Abdal Turbesi (Tomb of Guvenc Abdal), (Haci Bektash) at Hac?bektas, formerly Karahuyuk, a town and district of Nevsehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey
Haci Bektash Veli Cultural Centre in Nevsehir TurkeyHaji Bektash Veli Cultural Center designed by Ozkaragoz in 1994 which is used for Alevi semah performances at the weekends. Date: 2012
Pool in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir TurkeyThe second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
Ceiling of the second Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli M
Ceiling of the Bektashi Meydan in Haji Bektash Veli Museum i
The mosque in Haci Bektash Veli MuseumIn 1826 Sultan Mahmud the Second decided to close all the Bektashi Tekkes because the Janissary were all followers of Haji Bektash and several times had removed the sultan
Detail from the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in NevsehirDetail of the top of the door called Akkapi ( white marble entranceway) with typical Selcuk motifs including a double-headed eagle
Detail from the Fountain Haji Bektash Veli Museum in NevsehiThe fountain is situated in the second courtyard of Haji Bektash Veli Museum, which is called the courtyard of the dervishes
Fountain in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir TurkeyThe fountain is situated in the second courtyard of Haji Bektash Veli Museum, which is called the courtyard of the dervishes
Detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in NevsehDecorative detail from the mosque in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
Entry of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir TurkeyThe second courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
The main door of Haji Bektash Veli MuseumThe threshold of the dervish monestry is called the sky threshold, a spiritual journey within oneself begins with this exoteric door. Date: 2012
The six point star diagram on the Fountain of the Three in HThe six point star diagram, Star of David or Solomon, on the Fountain of the Three (Uclar Cemsesi), as Irene Melikoff, a great scholar of the Bektashi who the Bektashi accepted
Detail of the door of Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey Date: 2012
Fountain" The fountain of the Three (Ucler Cesmesi) in the first courtyard of the Haji Bektash Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. It was built by Haji Feyzullah Baba who was the head of the dervish monastry in
Post from Bektashi Meydan" In the meydan (" sacred space" ) of the Bektashi Sufi order are 12 " posts" ( Turkish meaning usually a skin, normally a sheepskin)
The door of Balim Sultan Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum inDecorative detail from the tomb of Balim Sultan Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
The second door of Balim Sultan Tomb" The second door of Balim Sultans Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehit Turkey. Balim Sultan is known amongst the Bektashi as the second founder of the order (Turkish Pir Thani)
Grave Stone of a Bektashi Baba sTomb of a great Dedebaba or a Baba on the right approaching the entrance of Balim Sultan Tomb. Date: 2012
The tree in front of Balim Sultan TombOutside the door of the Balim Sultan Tomb, there is a black mulberry tree said to have been thrown as a burning brand from Horosan by Ahmet Yesevi, which determined where Haji Bektash was to go
The Graveyard next to Balim Sultan TombBektashi graveyard next to Balim Sultans Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
Balim Sultan Tomb Haji Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir Turke" Balim Sultan is known amongst the Bektashi as the second founder of the order (Turkish Pir Thani). The present-day initiation service of a Bektashi is sometimes called " The Method of
Door of Haci Bektash Veli Museum in Nevsehir TurkeyThe main entrance of the Meydan of The Forty (Kirklar Meydani) and the tomb of Haji Bektash. Under this threshold is the staff of Uways-l Karani. Date: 2012
Detail from Guvenc Abdal Tomb in Haji Bektash Veli Museum inDecorative detail from the tomb of Guvenc Abdal in Haji Bektash Tomb Museum in Nevsehir Turkey. Date: 2012
Detail from the door of Haji Bektash Veli MuseumDetail from the tomb of Haji Bektash Veli in Nevsehir Turkey Date: 2012
Deatil from Haji Bektash Veli Museums door in Nevsehir TurkThe detail from the entrance of Haji Bektash Velis Tomb from the Meydan of the Forty (Kirklar Meydani). Date: 2012
Marmaduke Pickthall, English novelist, journalist and Islamic scholar. A convert from Christianity to Islam, he translated the Qur an into English Date: 1919
Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca onboard a British ship from Cairo to Jeddah - on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Egyptian Mahmal was an empty camel litter containing the Quran
Tombs of Sultans - ConstantinopleConstantinople - The Tombs of Sultan Aziz and Sultan Mahmud. Two Imams sit before the sarcophagi (flanked by some impressive candles) reciting the Koran
Constantinople - Turkish religious scholar, reading the Koran, seated on a fine carpet
Four Mevlevi MusiciansFour Mevlevi musicians including three Ney (wind instrument) players. The ney is featured on Egyptian pyramid wall paintings of 3000BC
Imam at prayer inside the AyasofyaImam at prayer inside the famed Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) in Constantinople. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus
The Holy Carpet, before its journey to MeccaA Holy Carpet, embroidered with texts from the Koran, photographed shortly before its journey to Mecca from Cairo where it was woven
Koran ProtectionBefore setting out a journey camels pass beneath a suspended copy of the Koran, which protects them from accidents and injuries
Egypt CairoStudents in the outer court of El Azhar; they are more probably studying the Koran than differential calculus
Owen Jones Arabian 34Designs from a copy of the Koran in the Mosque El Barkookeyeh, founded in 1384
Ottoman C16 Koran PageA fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH
16th Century KoranA fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Blue and gold roundels mark the name of ALLAH
16th Century Koran PageA fine manuscript page on handmade paper from the Ottoman Koran, finely scripted and embellished in gold leaf. Reverse of page
Religion / Islam / KoranThe opening page of the first Sura
Moslem Procession CairoA minor procession in the streets of Cairo : camels lead the way for a calligraphic banner bearing words from the Koran
Koran Page 1552 (Front)A folio from a small Koran for individual use, scribed in the popular Naskhi script with marginal roundels marking verse counts, gold highlights reflect the owners status. Date: 1552
Koran Page 1280 (Front)A folio from a Syrian (Mamluk) Koran scribed during the Crusades in Khafif al muhaqqiq script with sura headings in gold Thuluth, on handmade linen paper
IBN RUSHD known in the West as AVERROES Spanish/Islamic philosopher, his teachings condemned by Moslem theologians who made him retract them on the Koran
Koran ManuscriptTHE KORAN First sudra, second page of manuscript
Koran, 16th CenturyA page from a 16th century Ottoman copy of the Koran, hand-written on handmade paper, embellished in gold leaf
Koran Page 1280 (Back)A folio from a Syrian (Mamluk) Koran scribed during the Crusades in Khafif al muhaqqiq script, on handmade linen paper
Koran Page 1552 (Back)A folio from a small Koran for individual use, scribed in the popular Naskhi script with marginal roundels marking verse counts, gold highlights reflect the owners status
