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Mosque lamp of Sultan Nasir Muhammad
(مصباح مسجد للسلطان ناصر محمد)

Title	Mosque lamp of Sultan Nasir Muhammad
Title Original	مصباح مسجد للسلطان ناصر محمد
Publication Date:	XIII - XIV century
Publication Place	- Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Subject	Yellow brass with engraved decorations
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Go 1033
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus21;4;ar
Library Location	Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Date	XIII - XIV century
Notes	This mosque lamp consists of two parts whose original production dates differ by a hundred years from each other. The upper part - the oldest - bears the following inscription: “Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, King Al-Mansur, the Supporter of the World and the Religion, the Father of Virtues, Muhammad bin Sultan, King Al-Mansur, and may God grant him a mighty victory.” Al-Nasir Muhammad ruled with interruptions from the year 1293 to 1341. The lower part of the lamp is of crowned princes and musicians and is from the first half of the thirteenth century.
Sample Text	“Mosque lamp of Sultan Nasir Muhammad” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;4;ar

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Mosque lamp of Sultan Nasir Muhammad

(مصباح مسجد للسلطان ناصر محمد)

Publication Date XIII - XIV century

Publication Place - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Subject Yellow brass with engraved decorations

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Go 1033

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus21;4;ar

Library Location Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Date XIII - XIV century

Notes This mosque lamp consists of two parts whose original production dates differ by a hundred years from each other. The upper part - the oldest - bears the following inscription: “Glory to our Lord, the Sultan, King Al-Mansur, the Supporter of the World and the Religion, the Father of Virtues, Muhammad bin Sultan, King Al-Mansur, and may God grant him a mighty victory.” Al-Nasir Muhammad ruled with interruptions from the year 1293 to 1341. The lower part of the lamp is of crowned princes and musicians and is from the first half of the thirteenth century.

Sample Text “Mosque lamp of Sultan Nasir Muhammad” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;4;ar