Museum of Islamic Art in Kuala Lumpur .. A fresh narrative of the stories of the past

Sanaa Nasrallah - Kuala Lumpur

More than 12 thousand pieces of art captures the beauty and splendor and shortens the Islamic history of its past and its culture, including the Museum of Islamic Art in Kuala Lumpur.

The visitor moves to artistic places and places from the far east of China to Andalusia, through the civilizations of the Malay archipelago, India, Sindh, Central Asia, Arabia, Persia and Turkey.

The museum's main focus is on Islamic art in South-East Asia and India, and it offers a large number of antiques and artworks.

The entrance to the museum's halls covers an area of ​​about 30,000 square meters. The visitor is fascinated by these domes, which are engraved with high craftsmanship and decorative aqueducts, to be accompanied by a gate of intellectual time that brings it to historic spots and periods adorned with the civilization of Islam, adding to the prestige and accuracy of its arrangement. History.

Mosques and traces
In the Department of Islamic Architecture, the first of the 12 sections of the Museum, the visitor receives miniature miniature figures of the most famous mosques in the country of Islam, starting with the three that attract travelers, the Holy Mosque, Nabawi and Al Aqsa, and dozens of mosques. Archeology of Islamic architecture.

The rest of the sections of the museum are divided in a unique harmony on several galleries, each with a special title. There is the exhibition of copies of the Koran and the historical manuscripts, which includes ancient copies of the Koran dating back hundreds of years and brought from different Islamic countries.

The most important of these copies is a Mamluk manuscript written in the eighth century AH, and the manuscripts are highlighted by manuscript manuscripts of good and back to the beginning of the Ottoman era.

Islam in Asia
The Indian exhibition offers a glimpse into the special worlds of Mongol kings who ruled the country for centuries, and showcases the life of luxury and luxury they have lived.

Clothes, arms and furniture were studded with precious stones and horses were draped with silk and silver.

The art of miniatures is evident in its fine detail and vivid colors on everything, even on jewelry pieces.

In the Chinese section, the relationship between the Muslims and the Chinese Empire is evident even before Islam entered the country. The Islamic art in China is characterized by a special character, the first of which is the great importance of the art of engraving and writing, in addition to the art of the porcelain industry in its distinctive white and blue colors.

The Malay gallery in the museum offers an attempt to introduce the art of textiles and the art of batik, as well as the wooden sculptures that appear in the bathrooms, windows and doors. This art has not received the importance it deserves in the Islamic world.

The Malays also excelled in the manufacture of arms such as spears, arches and daggers, which, according to the cultural heritage of the Malay archipelago, were believed to have supernatural power.

Jewelry and textiles
The museum contains special sections for jewelery, textiles and ceramics, each of which is associated with successive Islamic periods. The exhibits show a rare craftsmanship characteristic of Muslim artists throughout the Islamic world, accompanied by a variety of methods and techniques that are specific to each era and every spatial spot.

The exhibition included pieces of rare jewelry, precious and semi-precious stones and enamel, such as earrings and contracts, in addition to toiletries such as combs, mirrors and water.

In the weapons and soldiers section and the war and equestrian work, the exhibits presented a clear and sequential picture of the war pieces used in those times, such as swords, armor, daggers, spears, arrows of various kinds, and later guns and pistols.

The pieces of the show showed a large amount of elegance and precision characterized by its manufacture presented as pieces of exquisite art, and exhibited paintings and drawings of battlefields.

Palestine is present
Under the theme "Palestine, the forgotten history and culture", two walls were set in one of the corridors of the museum. The first shows the most important stages in Palestinian history, in addition to highlighting the most prominent cultural features.

Head of the reception department, Muhammad Wan, said the museum is one of the largest Islamic museums in Asia, adding that it receives more than 100,000 visitors a year from around the world.