Potters

Baghdad

Date: Early nineteenth century

John Lewis Burckhardt (d. 1817) contrasts the pottery from the area of pottery workshops, known as Muʿamala, in Mecca with those produced in Upper Egypt and Baghdad. He describes pottery … read more

Basra

Date: 836 and later

The historian and geographer al-Yaʿqubi (d. 897-98), records the creation of the new city of Samarra by caliph al-Muʿtasim (r. 833-42). Al-Yaʿqubi writes the caliph summoned artisans from … read more

Kufa

Date: 836 and later

The historian and geographer al-Yaʿqubi (d. 897-98), records the creation of the new city of Samarra by caliph al-Muʿtasim (r. 833-42). Al-Yaʿqubi writes the caliph summoned artisans from … read more

Samarra

Date: 836 and later

The historian and geographer al-Yaʿqubi (d. 897-98), records the creation of the new city of Samarra by caliph al-Muʿtasim (r. 833-42). Al-Yaʿqubi writes the caliph summoned artisans from … read more