Islamic Arts Biennale historic artefacts - in pictures

The exhibition features several original keys to the Kaaba. All photos: Hareth Al Bustani / The National
The ornate basalt tombstones from Makkah's historic Al-Ma'la graveyard speak to the city's history of diversity
Among the world’s oldest surviving Quranic manuscripts, this Hijazi Quran manuscript dates back to the first century of the Hijrah
The door Sultan Murad IV ordered for the Kaaba after floods swept through Makkah and destroyed three of the building's walls in 1630
From left: A padlock, a bolt lock and a bag for keys all for the Prophet Mohammed's tomb
Iznik tile panel with an image of the Haram Mosque, produced in the 1670s-1680s
A manuscript produced in 1313 during the reign of Ilkhan Oljaitu. Pages are adorned with ink, opaque pigments and gold
A curtain for the internal door of the Kaaba, produced for Sultan Fuad I in Cairo in 1920
A monumental single volume Quran manuscript, believed to have been made for Baysunghur Mirza bin Shah Rukh or Ibrahim Sultan bin Shah Rukh, in Herat or Sheraz 820-45AD