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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

A page from the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, dated 1315, showing a washing machine in the shape of a peacock; Mamluk Damascus. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. ¹

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Horse colours and markings in Timurid painting· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Arabic calligraphy and its teaching

Sources

Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Peacock-shaped Hand Washing Device”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/jahiz-tawus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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