Name of Object:

Memorial of Sultan Husayn Kamil’s visit to the Islamic Arts Museum

Location:

Alexandria, Egypt

Holding Institution:

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Date of Object:

27 April 1916

Description:

The Islamic Arts Museum in Cairo is the biggest Islamic museum in the world, and it encompasses a wide collection of Islamic arts from India, China, the Arab Peninsula, the Levant, Egypt, North Africa and Andalusia. Sultan Husayn Kamil’s visit to the Museum in 1916 is considered one of the more important visits received by the Museum.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

"Memorial of Sultan Husayn Kamil’s visit to the Islamic Arts Museum" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;eg;16;en

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