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Overview
The facade of the Umayyad palace of Mshatta in Jordan (about 744 CE), carved with plant, animal and inscription decoration; given by Sultan Abdulhamid II to the German emperor in 1903. 1
Impact
In the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin; the most famous early Islamic stone facade and an example of Umayyad desert palace architecture. 1
People and things also explored
Arabesque· Girih· Islamic geometric patterns· Mamluk carpets· The Ardabil Carpet· Abu Dulaf Mosque, Samarra· Great Mosque of Adana· Ahi Çelebi Mosque, Istanbul
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islam.museum contributors. “The Mshatta Facade”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/wajh-mshatta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.