| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Gold coin from Iran, late 18th century.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Kiswa, a ceremonial covering for the Kaba in Mecca made from silk in Cairo (early 20th century).
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of a Kiswa.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of a Gujarati door covered with mother of pearl.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Husainabad Isambara", painted in the mid-19th century by an artist from Lucknow (India).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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The visit of Persian king, Bahram Gur to the pavilion of his Chinese wife.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Story of the Old Harpist" by Maulana (Iran 1603).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Iskender Reaches the City of Iram" by Ghiyath Mudhahhib (Iran 1526). Iskender is the Persian name of Alexander The Great.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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17th century Iranian dish.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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17th century Iranian dish (detail).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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The museum has a permanent Moon exhibition.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Jerusalem Day" by Ayham Jabr (Syria 2016).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Guardian of Life" by Ayham Jabr (Syria 2016).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Euphoria of the Seventh Heaven" by Ayham Jabr (Syria 2017).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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The Quran mentions the Moon as a gift from Allah to measure time.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Quranic sura (verse) that predicts the splitting of the Moon before Judgement Day.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Muhammad Splits the Moon in Half" from a book of omens (Iran 16th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Beginning of Ramadan" showing the sighting of the New Moon (Oil painting from Iran, 19th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of the thin crescent Moon in "The Beginning of Ramadan", a 19th century oil painting from Iran.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Kashkul, a begging bowl used by Muslim mystics (Iran, late 16th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Prophet Muhammad's Celestial Ascention" (Iran, late 16th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Book of Gnosis" is a science book from Ottoman Turkey, dated 1822.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"The Cosmic Ayn" is a mix of science and spiritualism (Iran, 17th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Shi'ite standard from Tamil Nadu (India), c1988.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Astrolabe (Spain, 1022). The astrolabe was used in the Islamic world for time keeping and celestial measurement.
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Astrolabe (Sindh, Pakistan 1677).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Book showing the Moon in Taurus and other Zodiac constellations (Ottoman Turkey, 1582).
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Astronomy book by al-Rumi (Central Asia, 1436).
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2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of an astronomy book by al-Rumi from Central Asia, 1436. It shows the phases of the Moon.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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The Moon depicted in the "Book of Omens" (India, 16th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Divination mirror used by astrologers, Iran early 1900s.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Frontpiece of the "Book of Antidotes" (Iraq 1199).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Portrait of Sultan Selim III" (Istambul, 1805).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of "Portrait of Sultan Selim III". The crescent Moon and star used in the portrait later became a symbol for Islam.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Crescent and star mosque top (Macedonia, 1980s).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Textile with crescent Moon (Central Asia, 1355).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Hiya, a word portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (Ottoman, 18th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"A Young Prince Accepts a Polo Ball from a Dervish" (Afghanistan, 1523).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Painting showing Moghul Emperor, Jehangir, showing favour to a Sufi over earthly kings (India 1618).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of Moghul Emperor, Jehangir (India 1618).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Detail of a painting showing earthly kings (India 1618).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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"Portrait of Prince Dara Shikoh" (Delhi, India, 1640).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Illustration from "The Lights of Canopus" (Iran 1593).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Chopping knife with Persian poetry (Iran, c1900).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Painting of a Persian love story (Iran 1477).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Diana, Tiber and Luna (the Moon) from the Roman period (2nd century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Queen Amhose (born of the Moon) from Egypt, 1458 BCE.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Goddess from Mesopotamia, 16th century BCE.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Kashmiri painting of the Sun and Leo (18th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Aga Khan Museum
|
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Painting of Shams al-Din (the Sun of Religion), Iraq 1599.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Scarborough Centre.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Fountain on the border between downtown and Old Toronto.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Distinctive modern building.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Old Toronto is the original settlemnt of the city.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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The Flat Iron building.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Typical buildings in Old Toronto.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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View of downtown from Old Toronto.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Brick buildings.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Pedestrian area.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Row of shops.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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St Lawrence Market was the city's original market.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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St Lawrence Market is now full of eating places.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Street scene looking towards Downtown.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Busy street scene.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Neo-Classical building.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Old Toronto
|
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Tram.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Inside a tram.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Concrete block between brick town houses.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Brick town houses.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Overgrown brick town house.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Overgrown brick town house.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Brick town houses.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Brick town house.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Painting in Allan Gardens, a small suburban square.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Toronto Horticultural Society greenhouse.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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The greenhouse dates from 1834.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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The greenhouse has a wide variety of plants.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Small pond.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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The Toronto Horticultural Society maintains a greenhouse full of plants.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Turtles.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Turtle.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Ferns are some of the oldest plants.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Inside the greenhouse.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Statue.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Orchids.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
District : Allan Gardens
|
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Cacti are native to the Americas.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
|
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Police.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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The town of Niagara is a busy tourist resort.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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Restaurants and bars.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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Indoor skydiving centre.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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Skylon Tower.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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External lift on the side of Skylon Tower.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
|
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People in the Skylon Tower lift.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Bridal Falls is on the USA side of the Niagara River.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Upper viewpoint on the USA side.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Lower viewpoint of Bridal Falls on the USA side.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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The foot of Bridal Falls.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Tourist boat.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Horseshoe Falls.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Niagara
District : Niagara Falls
|
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Horseshoe Falls is the largest at Niagara.
|
2019 |
were added from 1 February 2025.