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In a sense, our task of many years back was justified by an often quoted Tradition (hadith) attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that knowledge must be sought wherever it is found, even in China. China in the seventh century of the common era and the first century of the hijrah was a way to identify a remote world known to exist and to be important, but hardly an accessible one. The point of the Tradition is that there is knowledge everywhere, none of which should be rejected without being tested.
In addition to two years (1953-54 and 1960-61) at the American School of Oriental research in Jerusalem, Archaeological expeditions and study trips to the Near East in 1955 (Spain), 1956 (Arab countries and Turkey), 1957 (Turkey), 1959 (Israel), 1961 (Iran and Egypt), 1963 (Syria), 1964 (Syria), 1966 (Syria and Jordan),1968 (Syria), 1969 (Syria, Egypt, Turkey), 1970 (Syria, Iran), 1971 (Syria, Spain), 1972 (Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel, Soviet Central Asia), 1973 (Iran), 1974 (Jordan), 1975 and 1977 (Iran), 1980 (Egypt), 1978 (Turkey), 1979 (Indonesia), 1980 (Jordan), 1980 (Pakistan), 1980 (Saudi Arabia), 1981 (China), 1982 (Senegal, Tunisia), 1983 (Turkey, Pakistan), 1984 (India, Egypt), 1985 (Bangladesh, Egypt), 1986 (Morocco, Spain, Central Asia), 1987 (India), 1988 (Egypt, Morocco), 1989 (Tanzania, Kenya), 1990 (Bulgaria, Kuwait), 1991 (Morocco), 1992 (Russia), 1993 (Syria, Jordan, Israel), 1994 (Morocco), 1995 (Syria), 1996 (Syria, Jordan, Israel), 1997 (Jordan, Syria, Israel), 1998 (China, Central Asian republics), 2000 (Israel), 2001 (India and Turkey), 2002 (Jordan), 2006 (Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria), and 2007 (Turkey)
Oleg Grabar's research has had a profound and far-reaching influence on the study of Islamic art and architecture. His extensive archaeological expeditions and research trips cover the vast expanse of the Islamic world in Africa, the Middle East, and Muslim Asia.
He was so vivid, so lively," Bowersock said. "Every time he walked into the room he said something memorable and interesting.
Professor Grabar, the son of the eminent Byzantinist Andre Grabar, specialized in the architecture of the seventh- and eighth-century Umayyad dynasty early in his career. In the 1960s he led the excavations at Qasr al-Hayr East in Syria, the site of an early Islamic palace in an area long thought to be a historical blank.
In November 2010, Grabar accepted the Chairman's Award at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Doha and gave what would be his last public speech. He will be greatly missed.
In November 2010, Grabar accepted the Chairman's Award at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Doha and gave what would be his last public speech. He will be greatly missed.
