"This unique example was brought from the Madrasah of sultan al-Kāmil 622AH/1225AD, that was overlooking al-Mu’izz street at that time. The window has a border frame decorated with Kufic writings and interlaced vegetal motifs.

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"White marble water jar decorated at the neck with raised Kufic inscriptions and at the bottom with four fish. The body is decorated with vegetal stems and leaves. This water jar was brought over to the MIA from the mosque/madrasah of Tatar al-Ḥijāziyyah (761AH-1359AD). The stand of water jar (kilgah) is also made of marble and has four legs decorated with Kufic writings and animal figures on its sides.

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"This medallion has a central circle circumscribing six tangentially arranged roundels inside it. The roundels are decorated with vegetal stems ending at their center with roses, and five lobed petals. It was transferred to the MIA from the school (madrasah) of prince Ṣarghatmish (757AH/1356AD), one of the princes of sultan al Nāṣir Qalawῡn, and this school was built in the year 757 AH/1356 AD. The main central motif of this medallion has been adopted as the logo of the Museum since 2010 AD.

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"This sundial has two inscriptions in the upper and lower parts; the first bears the name of Muḥammad Bey Abu al-Dahab, the governor who ordered its fabrication, the second includes the name of its craftsman and the date of manufacture and reads: “ made by the humble Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasan al-Nīshī in the first of Jumādā in the year 1188 AH

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