Turkish Islamic Arts Museum
Turkish Islamic Arts Museum which was originally built in 1914 in
Süleymaniye Complex was moved to İbrahim Pasha Palace in 1938. The
museum which is one of the rare examples of Turkish-Islamic Art in the
world was designed by collecting precious art pieces from many mosques,
tombs and libraries.
The museum features ceramic works, glass oil lamps, mural encaustics,
plaster reliefs, carpets from Selcuk and Ottoman period and Nomad rugs,
silver engravings, funeral arches, jeweled pieces, mother-of-pearl
inlaid Koran desks, engraved copper containers, plumes, ornaments, the
key of Kabe, oil lamps and candlesticks adorned with precious stones,
impressively woven vests belonging to Sultan Yıldırım Bayezid and Sultan
Selim the 2nd, a brigantine belonging to Pertevniyal Sultan, Caucasian
carpets, containers, drawers, engraved doors, very valuable hand-written
Korans, miniatures, volumes, writing instruments, various firmans from
the Ottoman Sultans, column heads, epitaphs, sultan monogram.
Address: İbrahim Pasha Palace, At Square,
Sultanahmet – Istanbul
Phone: (212) 518 18 05 – 518 18 06
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