Museum of the Islamic Era

The Museum of the Islamic Era (Persian: موزه دوران اسلامی) is one of the museums of the National Museum of Iran, located near Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran, Iran. Most of the objects in this museum are selected from the works of scientific excavations or prestigious collections such as Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble. The National Museum of Iran has two main sections: Museum of Ancient Iran and Museum of the Islamic Era; The Museum of the Islamic Era is dedicated to displaying historical monuments and objects of Islamic Iran. In the Museum of the Islamic Era, a large section is dedicated to the Qurans and manuscripts, in which. History The construction of the Museum of the Islamic Era began in 1944 and was inspired by the Sasanian palace of Bishapur , in the grounds of the National Museum of Iran, and in 1950, with an area of about 4,000 square meters and three floors, its building was constructed. This building was equipped for the purpose of establishing the Museum of the Islamic Era and was inaugurated in 1996, but on 22 June 2006, with the aim of improving and completing the facilities, expanding some spaces and reviewing the display of works, the museum. Collection The orientation of the museum starts from the second floor and is sorted chronologically. The first room in front of the entrance of the first floor is the Quran Hall. There is Timurid Hall on the right and three halls on the left belong to Qajar dynasty history. The next three halls after Timurid Hall on the right belong to the Safavid dynasty history. An important part of the first floor is dedicated to the manuscripts of the gilded Qurans and the Kufic scripts of early Islam. There are also examples of manuscripts related.