| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Instruments for the eyes.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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General surgical tools.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Gynaecological and delivery instruments.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Instruments for the ears and throat.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Cauteries for the spine and head (10th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Rosewater still from Al Mizza village in Syria.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Still from 1327.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Copy of a double alembic from a book by Al-Razi.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Distillation still.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Hand grenades from the Ottoman era.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Biological grenade. This would contain poisonous arthropods.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Model of a trebuchet that fires arrows in quick succession. The original plans are in the inset.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Gauge for measuring ballistic angles in warfare.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Model of a trebuchet for firing heavy arrows.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Model of an oven for making glass (8th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
11th century instrument for making circles designed by Al-Haitham.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Levelling device as described by Andalucian mathematician Al-Marakusi and engineer, Abu Utman (13th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
10th century glazed ceramic bowl from Nishapur, Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
A copy of the famous world map by Al-Idrisi completed in Sicily, 1154. This was the only world map in Europe for three centuries.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
10th century glazed ceramic bowl with Kufic script from Nishapur, Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Instruments to measure latitude described by Al-Biruni (died 1048).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
10th century glazed ceramic bowl with Kufic script from (Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Two nautical compasses by Ibn Majid.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Deep 10th century glazed ceramic bowl from Nishapur, Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Model of a 15th century caravel, a European ship that used Arabic rigging for sailing into the wind.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Small 12th century glass jug from Syria.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The middle level of the museum.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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View from the middle level.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Small glass bottle from Iran (12th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Glass cup (Iran, 7rh century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The entrance from the middle level.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Lamps.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Unglazed container (Iran, 13th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
13th century glazed bowl from Iran with Farsi inscription.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Quran from the Mamluk period in Egypt, 13th century.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Ceramic bowl with animal and floral images (Kashan, Iran, 13th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Two handed ceramic jar with blue glaze from 7th century Mesopotamia.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Ceramic bowl with human figures (Kashan, Iran, 13th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Rounded sculpture in the form of a feline head (10th century Abbasid period) from Syria.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
13th century lustreware bowl (Kashan, Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Glazed Central Asian ceramic bowl (10th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
12th century bowl with horseman and seated figures (Kashan, Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
13th century lustreware bowl (Kashan, Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Moulded ceramic flask, 12th century Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Engraved ewer from Afghanistan (12th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Bronze oil lamp (Iran, 12th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Model of the 9th century spiral minaret at Samarra (Iraq).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Detail from the model of the spiral minaret at Samarra.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Candelstick with silver inlay, 13th century Iraq.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Jar with bird decorations from Herat (Afghanistan), 10th century.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Bronze incense burner, 11th century (Seljuk period, Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Ceramic plate with a pair of deer (Iran, 14th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Silver bracelets (top 19th century Egypt, bottom 18th century Yemen).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Mongol silk dress, 14th century Central Asia.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Large brass decorated pot, 13th century Seljuk period Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
A pair of rosewater sprinklers, 17th century Ottoman Turkey.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Copper alam, 17th century Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Ceramic base for a shisha (17th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Stoneware dish from Iran with a musician (17th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Four coloured tiles with a rose and a pair of birds (19th century Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Upholstered and silvered wooden chairs (Ottoman Turkey, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Silver dagger and scabbard, India 19th century.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Pink silk fragment with floral patterns (Ottoman Turkey, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Ivory sword handle in the shape of a mythical being (India, 18th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Three stringed instruments from Turkey and Afghanistan (19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Engraved copper ewer (20th century India).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Bidriware (zinc and silver alloy) box from India (19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Copper pencil case with inkwell (Iraq, 20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Decorated and silver inlaid stand (Egypt, 20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Lacquered paper mache decorated pencil case (Iran, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Brass brazier set with bird shaped handle (Ottoman Turkey, 20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Two lacquered paper mache boxes (Kashmir, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Three 19th century lacquered paper mache boxes from Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Turkmen gold plated necklaces studdied with precious stones (Central Asia, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Rings with semi-precious stones, some used as seals (Iran, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Steel dagger with bone handle and wooden shieth (Syria, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Wooden Quran stand inlaid with mother of pearl (Syria, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Ceramic vase with lid and covered with Quranic inscriptions (19th century China for the Islamic market).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Silver cup with enamel decoration from 20th century Esfahan (Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Decorated wooden door (Afghanistan, 20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Richly decorated Persian silver samovar with matching tea tray, bowl and tea pot (Iran, 1890).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Tallsmanic shirt from the 18th century Ottoman Empire.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Tallsmanic shirt (detail) with Quranic verses, hadiths (Islamic traditions), names of companions of the Prophet. These were expected to provide protection during war.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Brown and black box, 20th century Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Tile depicting a horse rider and a large bird (19th century Iran).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Large silver vase on three feet with traditional motifs (Esfahan, Iran, 20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Two purple velvet jackets with gold thread from Central Asia (20th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Wool carpet (Iran, 19th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The third level beneath the dome.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
The dome is painted with the Northern hemisphere constellations, the Milky Way and depictions of the Zodiac.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The Winter Zodiac and Orion.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
 |
Scorpius and Libra.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
 |
 The modern city of Abu Dhabi.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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The modern airport.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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Traditional and modern.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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View of the sea.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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Hotel lobby.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
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Modern buildings.
|
2025 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Abu Dhabi
City / Town : Abu Dhabi
|
 |
Very modern building.
|
2025 |
