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The images in this section are organized as follows:
Audio narration by Museum director Philippe de Montebello and exhibition curator Stefano Carboni is available for works accompanied by the  icon.
For information on this section, see Credits.
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Manuscripts and Single Pages
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The Investiture of cAli at Ghadir Khumm (detail), A.H. 707 / A.D. 1307–8
Page from a copy of Kitab al-athar al-baqiya can al-qurun al-khaliya (Chronology of Ancient Nations)
Copied by Ibn al-Kutbi
Northwestern Iran or northern Iraq
Edinburgh University Library
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Two Sections of the Jamic al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) (details)
Top: Iran (Tabriz), ca. A.H. 714 / A.D. 1314–15
Edinburgh University Library
Bottom: Iran (Tabriz), A.H. 714 / A.D. 1314–15
The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London
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Textiles
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Tapestry Roundel, first half of the 14th century
Iraq or Iran
The David Collection, Copenhagen
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Tent Hanging, late 13th–early 14th century
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
The David Collection, Copenhagen
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Ceramics
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Two Frieze Tiles
Top: Frieze Tile with Bahram Gur and Azada, ca. 1270–75
Iran (Takht-i Sulaiman)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Bottom: Frieze Tile with Two Hunters
Iran (probably Takht-i Sulaiman), ca. 1270–75
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of George Blumenthal, 1910 (10.9.1)
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Metalwork
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Saddle Arch, Mongol empire, first half of the 13th century
The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London
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Bowl, A.H. 748 / A.D. 1347–48
Iran
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
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Woodwork
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Koran Stand, A.H. Dhu al-Hijja 761 / A.D. October–November 1360
Hasan ibn Sulaiman al-Isfahani
Iran or Central Asia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1910 (10.218)
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Works from China and Mongolia
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Textile with Griffins, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
China
Inner Mongolia Museum, Hohhot
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Canopy with Phoenixes, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
China
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Gift, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds, and Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1988 (1988.82)
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Credits
The object descriptions in this section were derived from the exhibition catalogue, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Arts and Culture in Western Asia, 1256–1353 (edited by Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002), available in the online Met Store. The descriptions refer to catalogue numbers (cat. nos.) which can be found in the exhibition galleries and publication.
For references made in this section, see Works Cited.
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