Panel from Sultan Lajin's Minbar at the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo

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dated 1296 · Wood; carved and inlaid with wood · Islamic Art

Before becoming sultan, Husam al-Din Lajin spent a year in hiding at the dilapidated Ibn Tulun Mosque. He vowed to renovate the mosque someday, and an enormous minbar was the result, dismantled in the late 19th century and dispersed in several museum collections. A copy based on a traveler's drawing now stands in the mosque.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated 1296

Medium

Wood; carved and inlaid with wood

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907