Melalui lukisan-lukisan ini, kita dapat memahami kehidupan dan budaya yang beragam dalam dunia Islam pada masa lalu. Dari potret keseharian hingga momen penting dalam sejarah, setiap lukisan menangkap keindahan dan kebijaksanaan yang tercermin dalam kehidupan Muslim di masa lampau.

A Muslim man at his ablutions being attended by two servants. Engraving by J.B. Simonet after J.B. Hilaire. Hilair, Jean-Baptiste, 1753-approximately 1822
Scholars meeting at a library in Baghdad, c.1237 Did you know? For 500 years Baghdad was the thriving capital of the Muslim Civilisation. The city was home to the House of Wisdom (built c.786-809), a huge intellectual academy where scholars from across the globe met to research, debate and collect the world’s knowledge.