List of Islamic Art Centers

This list of Islamic art centers contains important centers of Islamic art , which for a long time have had significant impulses in other parts of the Islamic world. They are characterized by the fact that works of art were produced on a large scale in these cities or that workshops at the Herrscherhof and their court artists exerted a formative influence on larger regions or on a historical section of art development. The architectural decor of important buildings in the current city or in its history belongs to Islamic art and shows characteristics typical of an era of Islamic art. The special importance of the urban center, its art production and its charisma must be proven in research.

so-called Alhambra vase , Málaga, Nasrid , 14th / 15th century Century

Maghreb (incl. Al-Andalus )

• Cordoba , e.g. B. ivory carving , metal ware
• Fez , e.g. B. textile art , ceramics , metal goods , book art
• Granada , e.g. B. ceramics , book art
• Kairouan , e.g. B. Metalware , ceramics , textile art , carpets , book art
• Málaga , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Marrakech , e.g. B. Textile art , ceramics , carpets , book art
• Murcia , e.g. B. Carpets
• Palermo , e.g. B. Textile art , book art
• Rabat , e.g. B. Carpets
• Toledo , e.g. B. Metalware
• Tunis , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets , book art
• Seville , e.g. B. Ceramic

Mashrek and Arabian Peninsula

Mosque lamp, Egypt or Syria , Mamluk , 14th century

• Alexandria , e.g. B. Textile Art
• Aleppo , e.g. B. Textile Art
• Baghdad , e.g. B. textile art , book art , metal goods , ceramics
• Basra , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Damascus , e.g. B. textile art , book art , metalware , glass art
• Cairo or al-Fustat , e.g. B. ceramics , textile art , book art , metal goods , carpets , glass art , ivory carving
• Mosul , e.g. B. Metalware , textile art , book art
• Raqqa , e.g. B. ceramics , glass art
• Samarra , e.g. B. ceramics , glass art
• Sana'a , e.g. B. textile art , metal ware
• Tinnis (and some other cities in the Nile Delta ), textile art

Asia Minor

Tile field, İznik , Ottoman ,
16th century

• Amasya , e.g. B. Book Art
• Bursa , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets
• Diyarbakır , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Istanbul , e.g. B. ceramics , textile art , carpets , book art , metal goods , jade art
• İznik , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Kayseri , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Konya , e.g. B. ceramics , textile art , book art
• Kutahya , e.g. B. Ceramic

Iran and Central Asia

Binding, Iran , Safavid ,
16th century

• Balch , e.g. B. Textile art , book art
• Bukhara , e.g. B. textile art , book art , carpets , metal goods
• Ghasna , e.g. B. ceramics , wall painting ,
• Gurgandsch , e.g. B. Textile Art
• Herat , e.g. B. textile art , book art , carpets , metal goods
• Isfahan , e.g. B. ceramics , textile art , book art , carpets
• Kashan , e.g. B. ceramics , textile art , book art , carpets
• Kerman , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets
• Mashhad , e.g. B. Carpets , ceramics
• Merw , e.g. B. Metalware , ceramics
• Nishapur , e.g. B. ceramics , glass art
• Rey , e.g. B. Ceramic
• Samarkand , e.g. B. Textile art , book art , carpets , metal goods , jade art
• Shiraz , e.g. B. book art , metalware , ceramics
• Tabriz , e.g. B. ceramics , carpets , book art
• Yasd , e.g. B. Textile art , book art , carpets

Indian subcontinent

Black powder jade horn, India , Mughal , 17th century

• Agra , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets , book art
• Delhi , e.g. B. textile art , carpets , book art , metal goods
• Jaipur , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets
• Cashmere , e.g. B. Metalware , textile art , carpets
• Lahore , e.g. B. Textile art , carpets , book art
• Multan , e.g. B. Ceramic