Visual Archive

Three views of Konya and the Mevlevi heritage

Maqalat, a 13th-century Seljuk manuscript; Mevlana Museum. — Manuscript culture
Maqalat, a 13th-century Seljuk manuscript; Mevlana Museum.
Michel wal · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mevlana Museum, Konya. — Museum courtyard
Mevlana Museum, Konya.
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dervishes performing Sema together in Konya. — Sema ceremony
Dervishes performing Sema together in Konya.
Baltazar Faunbäck · CC BY-SA 4.0
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1488–1489 · 13.228.12 — An illuminated Masnavi page
1488–1489 · 13.228.12
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public Domain / CC0
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1600–1625 · 57.51.30 — Portrait of a Sufi
1600–1625 · 57.51.30
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public Domain / CC0
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1723–1724 · 32.35(234) — Dervishes through a traveller’s eyes
1723–1724 · 32.35(234)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · William Hogarth · Public Domain / CC0
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c. 1600 · Mantiq al-Tayr · 63.210.11 — Attar’s Concourse of the Birds
c. 1600 · Mantiq al-Tayr · 63.210.11
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Habiballah of Sava · Public Domain / CC0
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Konya · 2010 — Alaeddin Mosque in Konya
Konya · 2010
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Konya · 2006 — Tilavet Room, Mevlana Museum
Konya · 2006
Aboww · Public Domain
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1663 · W.626 · fol. 255a — The man weighing a cat
1663 · W.626 · fol. 255a
The Walters Art Museum · CC0 1.0
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1663 · W.626 · fol. 3b — Opening of the first book of the Masnavi
1663 · W.626 · fol. 3b
The Walters Art Museum · CC0 1.0
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Images were resized and converted to WebP; not cropped.

A contemporary AI illustration created for this site.

A contemporary AI illustration for Şeb-i Arus, not a historical record of a ceremony.

Twemoji — Twitter and contributors · CC BY 4.0 · Source (SVG)

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