Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa'l-Din · Islam Museum

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In time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Overview

A perforated engraved bronze censer dated 577 AH / 1181–1182 CE bearing the name of an amir, Iran; one of the brass pieces of Khurasan. Held at the Metropolitan 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

Metropolitan Museum Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa'l-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mibkhara-sayf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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