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

dated 1296
Not on view
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.

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Object Information
  • Title: Panel from Sultan Lajin's Minbar at the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo
  • Date: dated 1296
  • Geography: Made in Egypt
  • Medium: Wood; carved and inlaid with wood
  • Dimensions: Ht. 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
    W. 14 15/16 in. (38 cm)
    D. 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
  • Classification: Wood
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
  • Object Number: 07.236.6
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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