Visiting The Museum
Saturday – Thursday: 09:00 AM – 12.00 PM & 16:00 PM – 19:00PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission is KD2 for adults
Admission for school trips is free
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Visiting The Museum
Saturday – Thursday: 09:00 AM – 12.00 PM & 16:00 PM – 19:00PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission is KD2 for adults
Admission for school trips is free
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Visiting the Museum
Saturday – Thursday: 09:00 AM – 12.00 PM & 16:00 PM – 19:00PM
Friday: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Tareq Rajab Museum
Block 12, Street 5, Building 22
Jabriya, Kuwait
Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy
Block 12, Street 1, Building 2
Jabriya, Kuwait
Admission is KD2 for adults
Admission for school trips is free
The same ticket can be used at both museums
Welcome To The Tareq Rajab Museum
Established in 1980 by Tareq S. Rajab and Jehan S. Rajab, the Tareq Rajab Museum houses a collection of over thirty thousand items collected over the last sixty years, of which approximately ten thousand are on permanent display. While the museum is often referred to as a single entity, its collections are displayed across two nearby locations. The “Tareq Rajab Museum“, is the original museum founded in 1980 and is home to the collections of Islamic manuscripts, ceramics, glass, metalwork including the Bronze Door of Sultan Barquq, Islamic arms and armour, a large collection of silver folk jewellery, textiles, embroideries, costumes, musical instruments and orientalist artwork. In contrast, the “Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy“, which was founded in 2007, displays a range of mediums for Arabic script including manuscripts by famous calligraphers and scientists such as Yaqut Al-Musta’simi, Sheikh Hamdullah Al-Amasi, Ya’qub Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi and Qusta Ibn Luqa Al-Ba’albaki, contemporary calligraphy and art, as well as decorated ceramics, metalwork, glass and textiles, such as four Burqa’s (curtains of the Holy Ka’aba’s door) located at the centre of the museum and a curtain from the inside of the shrine of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) in Medina.
Featured Collections
The Tareq Rajab Museum is home to a very large and important collection of Al Quran and manuscripts that originate from across the entirety of the Islamic World, encompassing works from the earliest Umayyad Caliphs (AD 661-750) to The Qajars of Persia (AD 1779-1924).
The Gold Room displays gold jewellery from both pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. While the museum is home to pre-Islamic piece's that originate from the Himalayan region, the majority originate from the Middle East, influencing later craft development in the Islamic world.
The Tareq Rajab Museum contains pottery and ceramics from many regions across the Islamic World, including Mesopotamia, Persia, Transoxiana, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Spain and as far as China; with examples dating from between the 9th century and the 19th century AD.
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مجموعة شطرنج هندية من الكريستال الصخري (القرن التاسع عشر الميلادي). كل قطعة شطرنج منحوته في شكل قرفصاء وأسطواني مع قمم مقببة. تم طلاؤها باللون المذهب مع أزهار محاطة بحدود الزهور المتشابكة.
كان المغول رعاة عظماء للكريستال الصخري والذي يدل على حبهم للمواد النادرة. الكريستال الصخري أقوى بكثير من الزجاج وفن نحته يتطلب مهارة كبيرة ومهارة يدوية. على الرغم من أن صنعت اعداد هائلة من الأشياء من الكريستال الصخري في العصر المغولي في سياق العالم الإسلامي الأوسع، ولكن يُعتقد أن نحت الكريستال الصخري قد بلغ ذروته خلال العصر الفاطمي، قبل المغول بقرون عديدة. وكان يستوردون الفاطميون كميات كبيرة من المواد الخام إلى القاهرة من شرق إفريقيا، ودخلت العديد من الأمثلة الرائعة التي صنعوها لاحقًا في كل بلاط ملكي في اوروبا وغالباً كمقتنيات مقدسة في الكنائس.
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An Indian rock-crystal chess set (19th Century AD). Each chess piece is carved in both squat and cylindrical forms with domed tops. They are painted in gilt with flowersprings surrounded by borders of interlacing flowers.
The Mughals were great patrons of rock crystal. It is yet another example of their taste for rare materials. Rock crystal is far stronger than glass and the art of carving it requires great skill and manual dexterity. Although many beautiful rock crystal objects were created by the Mughals, in the context of the wider Islamic World, rock crystal carving is thought to have peaked during the Fatimid period, centuries earlier. The Fatimids imported large quantities of the raw material to Cairo from East Africa and many fine examples manufactured by them later entered European courts, often to be used as reliquaries in churches.
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قلادة مغربية فضية (من القرن التاسع عشر إلى أوائل القرن العشرين الميلادي). تم تزيين العقد على نطاق واسع بأعمال المينا باللون الأزرق والأخضر والأصفر مع كل عنصر قلادة مع خرزة مرجانية صغيرة. كما يتم تركيب عدد من هذه العناصر المعلقة على العملات الفرنسية الفضية.
ومن المثير للاهتمام أن استخدام العملات المعدنية في إنتاج المجوهرات في المغرب العربي يخدم غرضًا يتجاوز الزخارف البسيطة على أغطية الرأس والقلائد وما إلى ذلك. ويمكن، عند الضرورة، قطع وبيع العملات الرسمية ؛ غير أن قيمتها لا تتألف إلا من القيمة المادية البحتة.
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A silver Moroccan necklace (c. 19th - Early 20th Century AD). The necklace is decorated extensively with enamelwork in blue, green and yellow with each pendant element set with a small coral bead. A number of these pendant elements are also mounted on silver French coins.
Interestingly, the use of coins in jewellery production in the Maghreb served a purpose beyond simple decorations on headgear and necklaces etc. Official coins, when necessary, could be broken off and sold; however, their value only consisted in the pure material value.
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صورة بالألوان المائية للسيدة جين ديجبي للمستشرق الألماني الشهير كارل هاج (١٨٥٩ م).
ولدت السيدة جين ديجبي في عام ١٨٠٧ بعد الميلاد أرستقراطية إنجليزية اشتهرت بالعديد الازواج في جميع أنحاء أوروبا. في سن ٤٦، ارتحلت إلى سوريا حيث وقعت في حب الشيخ مجول المزرب من تدمر، الذي كان يصغرها ٢٠ عاما. ودام زواجهما ٢٨ عامًا حتى وفاتها. خلال زواجهما، أمضت ديجبي نصف كل عام في البادية مع قبيلة مزرب والنصف الآخر في منزل كانت قد بنته في دمشق. ، توفيت في عام ١٨٨١ م ودفنت في المقبرة البروتستانتية في دمشق.
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A watercolour portrait of Lady Jane Digby by the famous German orientalist, Carl Haag (AD 1859).
Born on this day in AD 1807, Lady Jane Digby was an English aristocrat who became famous for her many marriages and affairs across Europe. At the age of 46, she travelled to Syria where she fell in love with Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab of Palmyra, who was 20 years her junior. The pair were happily married for 28 years until her death. During their marriage, Digby spent half the year living as a nomad with the Mezrab tribe and the other half in a villa she had built in Damascus. In AD 1881, she passed away and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Damascus.
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وعاء أحادي اللون مطلي بالبريق (العراق، القرن العاشر الميلادي). تم طلاء زخرفة الأوعية بلمعان ذهبي أصفر العش ومغطاة بزجاج أبيض غير شفاف. في وسط الوعاء يوجد شكل طاووس، على خلفية منقطة.
تم اختراع الاوعية الفخارية المطلية بالبريق في بلاد الرافدين في القرن التاسع الميلادي، وتم تزيينهما بأنماط هندسية. ومع ذلك، بحلول القرن العاشر، بدأ في العراق استخدام اشكال الحيوانات و الناس. استمرت شعبية الاوعية البريقية في جميع أنحاء العالم الإسلامي حتى الغزو المنغولي.
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An early monochrome lustre-painted bowl (Iraq, 10th Century AD). The bowls decoration is painted in a yellow-ish gold lustre and coated with an opaque white glaze. At the centre of the bowl is a bird, likely a peacock, against a dotted ground.
First developed in Mesopotamia in the 9th century AD, lustreware was most commonly decorated with geometric patterns. However, by the 10th century an Iraqi style, depicting one or two figures began to gain popularity. Lustreware continued to flourish in many centres across the Islamic world until the Mongol and later Timurid invasions brought its goldenage to an end.
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إبريق فارسي من القرن الثاني عشر إلى القرن الثالث عشر ميلادي بجسم أسطواني مخدد ، يضيق تدريجيا نحو القاعدة . زينت الرقبة بنقش على هيئة أسد على جانبي حلق الإبريق . تحتوي أخاديد الإبريق البارزة على كتابات بالخط الكوفي منقوشة على خلفية من الزخارف ، بينما نقش الكتف بزخارف مطعمة بالنحاس.
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A 12th - 13th Century AD Persian bronze ewer with a cylindrical fluted body that tapers towards the base. The neck is decorated with a lion in relief on either side of the upward pointing spout. The round flutes of the body carry Kufic inscriptions over a scroll background while the flat shoulder carries a copper inlaid inscription.
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أصدقائنا ومتابعينا ، كل عام وأنتم بخير بمناسبة عيد تحرير الكويت من براثن الاحتلال العراقي الغاشم
في مثل هذا اليوم من عام ١٩٩١، تم تحرير الكويت من قبل قوات التحالف الدولي بقيادة الولايات المتحدة وذلك بعد احتلال عسكري عراقي للبلاد دام ٧ أشهر .
أثناء الاحتلال العراقي ، تم أسر العديد من المواطنين ، وغيرهم ، وترحيلهم إلى العراق . منهم من عاد إلى الكويت بعد التحرير ، ومنهم من لم يعد .
لن يتم نسيانهم أبدًا…
فيما يلي عدد من الصور التي التقطتها جيهان السيد رجب وابنها نادر أثناء الاحتلال , وبعده:
صورة ١: جيهان السيد رجب في جزيرة فيلكا
الصورتان ٢ و ٣: حرائق حقول النفط
صورة ٤: في الأيام الأولى من الغزو العراقي ، سارع موظفو المتحف بإخفاء أكبر عدد ممكن من القطع الأثرية
الصورتان ٥ و ٦: مؤسسنا طارق السيد رجب يقوم بفتح الغرف المخفية في المتحف بعد التحرير ويتفقد محتوياتها ، ولقد تم تشييد تلك الغرف خلال الغزو لإخفاء العديد من القطع الأثرية
صورة ٧: جيهان السيد رجب وحمد الياسين خارج مبنى السفارة الأمريكية القديم مع جندي أمريكي بعد التحرير
صورة ٨: احتفالات بعد التحرير
Happy Liberation Day to all of our friends and followers in Kuwait!
#OnThisDay in 1991, Kuwait was liberated by the forces of the United States-led international coalition following Iraq's 7-month military occupation of the country.
During the Iraqi occupation, many citizens and others were captured and deported to Iraq. While some returned to Kuwait after liberation, many did not.
They will never be forgotten.
The following are a number of photos taken by Jehan Rajab and her son Nader during and after the occupation:
Photo 1: Jehan Rajab on Failaka Island
Photos 2 and 3: Oil field fires
Photo 4: In the early days of Iraq's invasion, museum staff hid as many artefacts as possible
Photos 5 and 6: Our founder Tareq Rajab opens the hidden rooms in the museum after liberation and inspects their contents. These rooms were constructed during the invasion to hide many artifacts
Photo 7: Jehan Rajab and Hamad Al Yasin outside the old U.S. Embassy building with an American soldier after liberation
Photo 8: Celebrations after liberation
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عيد وطني سعيد لجميع متابعينا وأصدقائنا في الكويت 🇰🇼
فيما يلي عدد من الصور الفوتوغرافية للكويت التقطها مؤسسنا طارق السيد رجب خلال الستينيات.
🇰🇼 Happy #NationalDay to all of our followers and friends in Kuwait! 🇰🇼
Here are a number of photographs of Kuwait taken by our founder, Tareq S Rajab, during the 1960s.
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مصحف كتبه علي بن محمد بن زيد العلوي الحسين في شهر رجب ٧١٠ هـ (١٣١٠ م) في مدينة الموصل لسلطان إلخانات أولجيتو ووزيريه راشد الدين و سعد الدين
تأسست الدولة الالخانية في ١٢٥٦ م كفخذ من الإمبراطورية المغولية وكان يحكمها آل هولاكو، أحفاد جنكيز خان. امتدت الإمبراطورية في اوسعها من الأناضول إلى الهند وحُكمت من عواصمها المختلفة في بلاد فارس. ومع ذلك، بحلول عام ١٣٣٥ بعد الميلاد بعد الغزوات والتمردات واندلاع الموت الأسود، انهارت الإمبراطورية
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The Holy Quran copied by Ali bin Mohammed bin Zeid Al-Alawi Al-Hussein in the month of Rajab 710 AH (AD 1310) in the city of Mosul for the Ilkhanate Sultan, Uljaytu and his two ministers Rashid Al-Din and Sa’ad Al Din.
The Ilkhanate was founded in AD 1256 from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire and was governed by the House of Hulaku, descendants of Genghis Khan. At its height, the empire stretched from Anatolia to India and was ruled from its various capitals in Persia. However, by AD 1335, invasions, rebellions and an outbreak of the Black Death, lead to the empire’s collapse.
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سوار فاطمي ذهبي (القرن الحادي عشر الميلادي). تم تزيين مشبك السوار، الذي يتميز بشكلين مثلثين متقاطعين للزينة، بخيوط وملفات متراكبة.
كان الفاطميون من نسل فاطمة ابنة النبي محمد(صلى الله عليه وسلم) وحكموا إمبراطوريتهم من عاصمتهم القاهرة. سمحت هذه الإمبراطورية، التي امتدت من شمال إفريقيا إلى الحجاز ومن الشام إلى النوبة.
سيطروا الفاطميين على مناجم ذهب مهمة التي سمحت لهم صناعة مجوهرات أصبحت عرضًا واضحًا للثروة
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A gold Fatimid bracelet (11th Century AD). The bracelet’s clasp, characterised by two ornamental intersecting triangular shapes, is decorated with filigree and superimposed coils.
The Fatimids were descendents of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and ruled their empire from their capital, Cairo. This empire, which stretched from North Africa to the Hijaz and from the Levant to Nubia, allowed the Fatimids to control important gold mines that allowed them to create jewellery that became a conspicuous display of wealth, worn by the upper echelons of their society.
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🏺 A black-on-white slip-painted earthenware figurine (likely a toy) of a small animal, probably a sheep or a dog. The figurine is coated with a ground white slip, on which manganese lines and dots are painted (Nishapur, Iran, 10th Century AD).
🏛 During the Islamic Golden Age, particularly the 9th & 10th centuries AD, Nishapur was one of the great places of pottery and related arts, evolving into a significant cultural, commercial and intellectual centre. The city reached its height during the 10th century AD, under the Samanids; however, during the Mongol Invasion of Persia in AD 1221, the entire city was destroyed, and its population was massacred. Unlike its near neighbouring city of Merv, Nishapur always managed to recover and has survived to this day.
📸 Photographs by @tareqrajab
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🗡 A fine jade-hilted Mughal dagger carved in the shape of a budding flower decorated with foliage. The hilt possesses a white body that transitions into a blue-grey towards the pommel. The watered steel blade is decorated with gold koftgari at the forte, with inscriptions on both sides (India, 18th Century AD).
💭 Descendants of the Timurids, who were great patrons of jade, the Mughals were keen to follow suit, crafting some of the finest jade objects known today. Mughal jade working is thought to have started under the rule of Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605). However, it was perhaps during the reigns of the Emperors Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658) that Mughal jade craftsmanship reached its zenith.
📸 Photographs by @tareqrajab
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