This book explores the great diversity and range of Islamic culture through one of the finest collections in the world. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterworks created in the rich tradition of the Islamic faith and culture. The Metropolitan's renowned holdings range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the 7th century through the 19th century, and geographically from as far west as Spain to as far east as Southeast Asia

• Building a collection of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum, 1870-2011 / Priscilla P. Soucek
• Rebecca Meriwether Lindsay
• Navina Najat Haidar
• Maryam D. Ekhtiar
• Olga Bush
• Priscilla P. Soucek
• Stefano Carboni
• Sheila R. Canby
• Walter B. Denny
• Navina Najat Haidar A century of installations : a photo essay / The new Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia / Art of the early caliphates (7th to 10th centuries) / Art of Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediterranean / Art of the Eastern Islamic lands (9th to 14th centuries) / Art of Egypt and Syria (10th to 16th centuries) / Art of Iran and Central Asia (15th to 19th centuries) / Art of the Ottoman Court / Art of South Asia (14th to 19th centuries) /