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Islamic art is collected by museums, galleries and private collectors in many countries around the world.
Country
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City
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Institution
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Collection size
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Founding date
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Official web site
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Ref.
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Algeria
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Algiers
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National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art
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[2]
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[1]
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Australia
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Melbourne
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Islamic Museum of Australia
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[3]
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[2]
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Austria
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Vienna
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Austrian National Library
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[4]
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[3]
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Austria
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Vienna
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
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[5]
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[4]
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Austria
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Vienna
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Museum of Applied Arts
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[6]
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[3]
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Austria
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Vienna
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Weltmuseum Wien
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[7]
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[5]
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Brunei
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Brunei
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Brunei Museum
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[3]
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Canada
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Toronto
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Aga Khan Museum
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1,000[6]
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2014
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[8]
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[7]
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Canada
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Toronto
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Royal Ontario Museum
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[9]
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[3]
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Denmark
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Copenhagen
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The David Collection
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2,500[8]
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1945
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[10]
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[3]
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Museum of Islamic Art
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100,000[9]
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[11]
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[3]
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Egypt
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Cairo
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National Library
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[12]
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[3]
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Coptic Museum
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[13]
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[3]
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France
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Paris
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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[14]
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[3]
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France
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Paris
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Arab World Institute
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[15]
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[3]
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France
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Paris
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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[16]
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[3]
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France
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Lyon
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Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
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[17]
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[3]
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France
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Paris
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Louvre Museum
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18,000[10]
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2012
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[18]
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[3]
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Germany
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Bamberg
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Universitätsmuseum für Islamische Kunst
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7,000[11]
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2008
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[19]
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Germany
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Berlin
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Islamic Art Museum
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16,000[8]
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1904
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[20]
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Germany
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Cologne
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Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
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[21]
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Germany
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Dresden
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Dresden Museum of Ethnology
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[22]
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Germany
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Düsseldorf
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Hetjens-Museum [de]
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[23]
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Germany
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Hamburg
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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
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[24]
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Germany
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Karlsruhe
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Badisches Landesmuseum
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[25]
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Germany
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Leipzig
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Leipzig Museum of Ethnography
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[26]
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Germany
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Munich
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Museum Five Continents
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[27]
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Germany
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Stuttgart
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Linden Museum
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[28]
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Greece
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Athens
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Benaki Museum
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8,000[12]
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[29]
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[3]
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Iran
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Kashmar
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Hassan Modarres Museum
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200[13]
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2004
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Iran
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Isfahan
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Museum of Decorative Arts, Isfahan
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3,000
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1995
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Iran
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Mashhad
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Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum
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1937
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[3]
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Iran
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Mashhad
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Great Museum of Khosran
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2015
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Iran
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Tehran
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Abgineh Museum of Tehran
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Iran
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Tehran
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Calligraphy Museum of Iran
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200[14]
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2017
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Iran
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Tehran
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Carpet Museum
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1978
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[3]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Dafineh Museum
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1997
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[30]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Gulistan Museum
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[3]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Malek National Museum and Library
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19,000
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1996
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[31]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Museum of Decorative Arts
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[3]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Museum of the Islamic Era
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1996
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[3]
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Iran
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Tehran
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Reza Abbasi Museum
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1977
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[3]
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Iran
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Shiraz
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Pars Museum
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1936
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Iran
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Qom
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Hazrat Ma'soomeh Holy Shrine Museum
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1935
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[32]
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Iraq
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Baghdad
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Iraq Museum
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[3]
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Ireland
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Dublin
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Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery
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6,100[15]
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[33]
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[3]
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Israel
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Jerusalem
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The Museum for Islamic Art
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1974
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[34]
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[3]
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Italy
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Florence
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Bardini Museum
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[3]
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Italy
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Venice
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Treasury of St. Mark's
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[35]
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[3]
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Italy
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Milan
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Biblioteca Ambrosiana
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[36]
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[3]
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Italy
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Palermo
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Museum of Islamic Art
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[37]
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Jordan
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Al-Mazār al-Janūbī
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Al-Mazar Islamic Museum
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1973
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[16]
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Kuwait
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Kuwait
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Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah
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20,000[17]
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[38]
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Kuwait
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Kuwait
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Kuwait National Museum
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[3]
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Kuwait
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Kuwait
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Tareq Rajab Museum
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30,000[18]
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[39]
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[19]
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Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Islamic Arts Museum
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10,000[20]
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[40]
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[3]
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Morocco
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Rabat
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Archaeological Museum
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[3]
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Oman
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Muscat
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National Museum of Oman
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[21]
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Pakistan
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Lahore
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Lahore Museum
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[41]
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[3]
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Palestinian Territories
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Jerusalem
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Islamic Museum of the Haram al-Sharif
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[3][22][23]
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Portugal
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Lisbon
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Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
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[42]
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[3]
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Qatar
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Doha
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Museum of Islamic Art
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[43]
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[3]
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Romania
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Bucharest
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National Museum of Art of Romania
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[44]
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[24]
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Russia
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Saint Petersburg
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State Hermitage Museum
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[45]
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[3]
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Russia
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Moscow
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Museum of Oriental Art
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[46]
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[3]
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Spain
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Madrid
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National Archaeological Museum
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[47]
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[3]
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Sweden
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Stockholm
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Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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[48]
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[25]
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Switzerland
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Bern
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Abegg-Stiftung [fr]
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[49]
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[3]
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Switzerland
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Geneva
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Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
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[50]
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[3]
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Syria
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Damascus
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National Museum of Damascus
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[51]
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[3]
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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Bardo National Museum
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[52]
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[3]
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Topkapı Palace
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[53]
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[3]
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
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40,000[26]
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[54]
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[3]
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Vakiflar Museum
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[3]
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Archaeological Museum
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[3]
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Istanbul University Library
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[55]
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[3]
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Ukraine
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Kyiv
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Museum of Western and Oriental Art
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|
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[56]
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[27]
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United Arab Emirates
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Sharjah
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Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
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5,000[28]
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[57]
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[29]
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United Kingdom
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Oxford
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Ashmolean Museum
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[58]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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Oxford
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Bodleian Library
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[59]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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London
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British Library
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[60]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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London
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British Museum
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40,000[30]
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[61]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh University Library
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[62]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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Cambridge
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Fitzwilliam Museum
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[63]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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London
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Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
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28,000 (largest private collection)[31][32]
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1970[33]
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[64]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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London
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Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
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4,500[34]
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[65]
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United Kingdom
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London
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Royal Asiatic Society
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[66]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
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National Museum of Scotland (formerly Royal Scottish Museum)
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[67]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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Manchester
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John Rylands University Library
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|
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[68]
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[3]
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United Kingdom
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London
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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19,000[35]
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[69]
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[3]
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USA
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Baltimore
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Walters Art Museum
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|
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[70]
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USA
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Boston
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Museum of Fine Arts
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|
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[71]
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[3]
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USA
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Cleveland
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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[72]
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[3]
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USA
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Corning, NY
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Corning Museum of Glass
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|
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[73]
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[3]
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USA
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Washington, D.C.
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Freer Gallery of Art
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2,200[36]
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[74]
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[3]
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USA
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Dallas
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Keir Collection (currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art)
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|
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[75]
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[3][37]
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USA
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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|
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[76]
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[3]
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USA
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New York
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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15,000[38]
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[77]
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[3]
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USA
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New York
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New York Public Library
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|
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[78]
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[3]
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USA
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St. Louis
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Saint Louis Art Museum
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250[39]
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1904
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[79]
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USA
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Honolulu
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Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
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2,500[40]
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2002
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[80]
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[41]
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USA
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Washington, D.C.
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George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum
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1925[42]
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[81]
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[3]
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Yemen
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Sana'a
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National Museum of Yemen
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1971[43]
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[3]
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See also[edit]
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- Bahrain (Beit Al Quran)
- Iran (Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum, Museum of the Islamic Era)
- Iraq (National Museum of Iraq, Sulaymaniyah Museum)
- Israel/Palestine (Islamic Museum, Museum for Islamic Art)
- Jordan (Prophet Mohammad Museum)
- Kuwait (Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, Tareq Rajab Museum)
- Qatar (Museum of Islamic Art, National Museum of Qatar)
- Syria (National Museum of Damascus, National Museum of Aleppo, Raqqa Museum)
- Turkey Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, İstanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam, Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art, Sadberk Hanım Museum, Topkapi Palace Museum, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum)
- United Arab Emirates (Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, Zayed National Museum)
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