ABSTRACT
The Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era.
Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest.
Four main categories of subject matter are explored:
* dynastic and regional overviews
* individual site descriptions
* biographical entries
* technical definitions
Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry bibliographies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |27 pages
A
entry |1 pages
Abbasids
entry |2 pages
Ablaq
entry |4 pages
Afghanistan
entry |2 pages
Agades (also Agadez)
entry |2 pages
Aghlabids
entry |1 pages
Agra
entry |2 pages
Ahmadabad
entry |2 pages
Ajdabiya (Roman Corniclanum)
entry |1 pages
Ajimez
entry |2 pages
Albania
entry |1 pages
Albarrani
entry |3 pages
Aleppo (Arabic Halab)
entry |3 pages
Algeria
entry |1 pages
Algiers
entry |3 pages
Alhambra
entry |2 pages
Almohads
entry |1 pages
Amman (Roman Philadelphia)
entry |2 pages
'Amr, Mosque of
entry |1 pages
Anjar (ʿAyn Jar)
entry |1 pages
Ankara (Ancyra)
entry |1 pages
Appadana
entry |2 pages
Al-Aqmar Mosque
entry |3 pages
Al-Aqsa Mosque
entry |1 pages
Arasta
entry |2 pages
Arch
entry |1 pages
Artesonado
entry |1 pages
ʿAtshan, Khan
entry |1 pages
avulu
entry |1 pages
Ayina kari
entry |1 pages
Ayyubids
entry |1 pages
Azerbayjan
entry |1 pages
al-Azhar
entry |1 pages
Azulejo
letter 2|16 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Badgir
entry |1 pages
Badr al-Jamali, Tomb of (also referred to as the Mashhad of al-Juyushi)
entry |1 pages
Bagh
entry |3 pages
Baghdad (Madinat al-Salam)
entry |2 pages
Bahrain
entry |1 pages
Baku
entry |2 pages
Balkh, Hajji Piyadi Mosque (also known as Masjid-i Tarikh, Nuh Gunbad or Masjid-i Kaʾb al-Akhbar)
entry |1 pages
Banbhore
entry |1 pages
Bangala
entry |1 pages
Bangladesh
entry |1 pages
Basra
entry |1 pages
Bayt
entry |1 pages
Bayt al-mal
entry |2 pages
Bazar
entry |1 pages
Bedestan
entry |3 pages
Bengal
entry |1 pages
Beteng
entry |1 pages
Bijapur
entry |1 pages
Birka
entry |1 pages
Blazon
entry |2 pages
Bosnia
entry |2 pages
Brickwork
entry |3 pages
Bukhara
entry |2 pages
Bulgaria
entry |1 pages
burj
entry |3 pages
Bursa
entry |1 pages
Byzantine architecture
letter 3|15 pages
C
entry |8 pages
Cairo (Arabic: al-Qahira)
entry |1 pages
Cami
entry |1 pages
Caravanserai
entry |1 pages
Çarşi
entry |2 pages
Central Asia
entry |1 pages
Çeşme
entry |1 pages
Chahar bagh or char bagh
entry |1 pages
Chajja
entry |1 pages
Char-chala
entry |1 pages
Char Minar
entry |1 pages
Char su or char taq
entry |1 pages
Chatri
entry |1 pages
Chauk
entry |3 pages
China
entry |2 pages
Coral
entry |2 pages
Córdoba
entry |1 pages
Córdoba Great Mosque
entry |1 pages
Crusader architecture
entry |2 pages
Cyprus (Turkish: Kibris; Arabic: Qubrus)
letter 4|12 pages
D
entry |3 pages
Damascus
entry |2 pages
Damascus Great Mosque
entry |1 pages
Dam
entry |1 pages
Dar
entry |1 pages
Dar al-imara
entry |1 pages
Dargah or dukka
entry |2 pages
Deccan
entry |3 pages
Delhi
entry |2 pages
Desert
entry |1 pages
Dershane
entry |1 pages
Diwan
entry |1 pages
Diwan-i amm
entry |1 pages
Diwan-i khass
entry |2 pages
Diyarbakir (Amida)
entry |2 pages
Djenne (Dienne)
entry |1 pages
Do-chala
entry |1 pages
Dome
entry |1 pages
Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra)
entry |2 pages
Domical vault
letter 5|11 pages
E
entry |7 pages
East Africa
entry |3 pages
Edirne (Byzantine: Adrianople)
entry |3 pages
Egypt (excluding Cairo)
letter 6|12 pages
F
entry |3 pages
Fatehpur Sikri
entry |3 pages
Fathy, Hassan
entry |2 pages
Fatimids
entry |1 pages
Fez
entry |2 pages
Firuzabad (India)
entry |1 pages
Firuzabad (Iran)
entry |3 pages
Fortification
entry |2 pages
France
entry |1 pages
Fulbe
entry |1 pages
Funduq
entry |1 pages
Fustat
entry |3 pages
Futa-Djallon
letter 7|10 pages
G
entry |3 pages
Gao
entry |1 pages
Gardens
entry |2 pages
Gedi
entry |2 pages
Germany
entry |2 pages
Ghana
entry |1 pages
Gok Madrassa
entry |2 pages
Gol Gumbaz
entry |1 pages
Granada
entry |2 pages
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
entry |2 pages
Greece
entry |2 pages
Gujarat
entry |1 pages
Guldasta
entry |1 pages
Gunbad
letter 8|9 pages
H
entry |1 pages
Hadramawt
entry |2 pages
Hagia Sophia (Aya Sophia; Church of Holy Wisdom)
entry |3 pages
Hajj routes
entry |1 pages
Al-Hakim, Mosque of
entry |2 pages
Hammam ('Turkish bath'; bath house)
entry |1 pages
Haram
entry |1 pages
Haramayn
entry |1 pages
Haremlik
entry |1 pages
Harran
entry |1 pages
Haud or hauz
entry |1 pages
Hausa
entry |1 pages
hayr (haʾir)
entry |1 pages
Hazarbaf
entry |1 pages
Hazira
entry |2 pages
Heraqlah
entry |1 pages
Herat
entry |1 pages
Hosh
entry |1 pages
Hujra
entry |2 pages
Hungary
entry |1 pages
Hunkar mahfil
entry |1 pages
Hyderabad
entry |1 pages
Hypostyle
letter 9|18 pages
I
entry |1 pages
Ibn Tulun Mosque
entry |1 pages
Idgah
entry |3 pages
Llkhanids
entry |1 pages
Imamzadeh
entry |1 pages
Imaret
entry |4 pages
India
entry |3 pages
Indonesia
entry |6 pages
Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran, formerly Persia)
entry |2 pages
Iraq
entry |2 pages
Isfahan
entry |1 pages
Israel
entry |4 pages
Istanbul (Byzantine Constantinople)
entry |1 pages
Iwan
entry |1 pages
Iznik tilework
letter 10|11 pages
J
entry |1 pages
Jali
entry |1 pages
Jami or jami masjid
entry |1 pages
Jarokha
entry |4 pages
Java
entry |4 pages
Jerusalem (al Quds)
entry |1 pages
Joggled voussoirs
entry |5 pages
Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
letter 11|17 pages
K
entry |2 pages
Ka'ba
entry |2 pages
Kano
entry |1 pages
Kapilica
entry |1 pages
Karaman (Laranda)
entry |1 pages
Kashmir
entry |3 pages
Kenya
entry |1 pages
Keshk
entry |2 pages
Khan
entry |1 pages
Khanqah
entry |1 pages
Kharana
entry |1 pages
Khatta
entry |4 pages
Khirbet al-mafjar (Qasr Hisham)
entry |1 pages
Khirbet al-Minya (Hebrew: Horvat Minim; ʿAyn Minyat Hisham)
entry |5 pages
Kilwa
entry |1 pages
Kiosk (köshk)
entry |1 pages
Konak
entry |2 pages
Konya (Byzantine: Iconium)
entry |2 pages
Kraton
entry |1 pages
Kubadabad Palace
entry |2 pages
Kufa
entry |1 pages
Kuliyye
entry |2 pages
Kuwait
letter 12|8 pages
L
entry |1 pages
Lahore
entry |3 pages
Lamu
entry |1 pages
Lashkari Bazar
entry |3 pages
Lebanon
entry |4 pages
Libiya (Libyan Arab People's Socialist State)
letter 13|42 pages
M
entry |1 pages
Ma'adhana
entry |1 pages
Machicolation
entry |1 pages
Madafa
entry |2 pages
Madinat al-zahraʾ
entry |1 pages
Madrassa
entry |1 pages
Mahal
entry |1 pages
Mahdiya
entry |1 pages
Maidan
entry |2 pages
Malaysia
entry |2 pages
Maldives
entry |3 pages
Mali
entry |4 pages
Mamluks
entry |2 pages
Manda
entry |1 pages
Mandal
entry |1 pages
Manding (Mande)
entry |1 pages
Manzil
entry |1 pages
Maqʿad
entry |1 pages
Maqbara
entry |1 pages
Maqsura
entry |2 pages
Marakesh
entry |1 pages
Mardin
entry |1 pages
Maristan
entry |1 pages
Marqad
entry |1 pages
Mashhad
entry |2 pages
Mashrabiyya
entry |1 pages
Masjid
entry |1 pages
Mastaba
entry |1 pages
Mathara
entry |1 pages
Mazar
entry |5 pages
Mecca (Makka)
entry |1 pages
Medina
entry |3 pages
Medina (Madina al-Monawwara)
entry |1 pages
Meknes
entry |2 pages
Mérida
entry |2 pages
Merv (also Marw or Marv)
entry |1 pages
Mescit
entry |2 pages
Mihrab
entry |1 pages
Mimar
entry |5 pages
Minaret
entry |2 pages
Minbar
entry |1 pages
Mogadishu
entry |1 pages
Monastir
entry |4 pages
Morocco (Arabic: Maghrib)
entry |1 pages
Mosaics
entry |3 pages
Mosque
entry |1 pages
Mshatta
entry |2 pages
Mud brick
entry |9 pages
Mughals
entry |1 pages
Muhtasib
entry |1 pages
Mulqaf
entry |3 pages
Muqarnas
entry |1 pages
Musalla
letter 14|3 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Nahr
entry |1 pages
Namazgah
entry |1 pages
Namazgah
entry |1 pages
Naqqar khana
entry |1 pages
Natanz, shrine of Abd al-Samad
entry |1 pages
Nilometer
entry |3 pages
Nine-domed mosque
entry |1 pages
Nishapur
letter 15|14 pages
O
entry |1 pages
Ocak
entry |3 pages
Oman
entry |10 pages
Ottomans (Turkish: Osmanli)
entry |2 pages
Later Period
entry |2 pages
Oualata (also known as Walata, Iwalatan and Birou)
letter 16|9 pages
P
entry |4 pages
Pakistan
entry |4 pages
Palestine
entry |1 pages
Persia
entry |2 pages
Philippines
entry |1 pages
Pisé
entry |1 pages
Pishtaq
letter 17|9 pages
Q
entry |1 pages
Qa'a
entry |1 pages
Qabr
entry |1 pages
Qabrstan
entry |2 pages
Qairawan
entry |1 pages
Qal'a
entry |1 pages
Qalʾat Banu Hammad
entry |1 pages
Qanat
entry |1 pages
Qasaba
entry |1 pages
qasr
entry |1 pages
Qasr al-Hayr East (Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi)
entry |3 pages
Qasr al-Hayr West (Qasr al-Hayr-Gharbi)
entry |2 pages
Qasr al-Tuba
entry |1 pages
Qatar
entry |1 pages
Qibla
entry |1 pages
Qubba
entry |2 pages
Qusayr Amra
entry |3 pages
Qutb Minar and Mosque
letter 18|3 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Rabat
entry |2 pages
Ramla
entry |1 pages
Raqqa
entry |1 pages
Rauza
entry |2 pages
Red Fort (Lai Qila)
entry |1 pages
Riad
entry |1 pages
Ribat
entry |1 pages
Ribat-i Sharaf
entry |1 pages
Riwaq
letter 19|27 pages
S
entry |1 pages
Sabil
entry |1 pages
Saffavid
entry |1 pages
Sahn
entry |3 pages
Samarkand
entry |3 pages
Samarra
entry |1 pages
Sanʾa
entry |1 pages
saqaqa
entry |1 pages
Sardivan
entry |1 pages
Sassanians
entry |3 pages
Saudi Arabia
entry |1 pages
Sawmaʾa
entry |1 pages
Sebil
entry |2 pages
Selimiye
entry |2 pages
Seljuks
entry |1 pages
Semahane
entry |1 pages
Serai
entry |1 pages
Serdab
entry |1 pages
Şeref
entry |2 pages
Seville (Arabic: Ishbiliyya)
entry |1 pages
Sfax
entry |2 pages
Shanga
entry |1 pages
Shahr-i Sabz
entry |1 pages
Shish mahal
entry |1 pages
Sicily
entry |3 pages
Sinan (Koca Sinan; 1491–1588)
entry |2 pages
Singapore
entry |1 pages
Siraf
entry |2 pages
Somalia
entry |1 pages
Songhay
entry |6 pages
Spain (Arabic: al-andalus)
entry |1 pages
Squinch
entry |2 pages
Stucco
entry |1 pages
Sudan
entry |2 pages
Süleymaniye
entry |2 pages
Sultan Hasan Mosque
entry |2 pages
Sumatra
entry |1 pages
Susa
entry |3 pages
Syria (Arabic: al-Sham)
letter 20|20 pages
T
entry |1 pages
Tabhane
entry |3 pages
Taj Mahal
entry |1 pages
Talar
entry |1 pages
taman
entry |3 pages
Tanzania
entry |1 pages
Taq
entry |1 pages
Tekke
entry |2 pages
Tilework
entry |3 pages
Timbuktu (also known as Tombouctou)
entry |2 pages
Timurids
entry |2 pages
Tlemcen
entry |1 pages
Toledo
entry |2 pages
Tomb of the Abbasid caliphs (Cairo)
entry |1 pages
Topkapi Palace
entry |1 pages
Toron
entry |1 pages
Tripoli (Lebanon)
entry |2 pages
Tripoli (Libiya)
entry |1 pages
Tulunids
entry |2 pages
Tunis
entry |2 pages
Tunisia
entry |1 pages
Turba (or turbe)
entry |4 pages
Turkey
entry |2 pages
Turkmenistan
letter 21|8 pages
U
entry |1 pages
Ukhaidhir
entry |1 pages
Ulu cami
entry |3 pages
Umayyads
entry |3 pages
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
entry |2 pages
United States of America (USA)
entry |1 pages
Urgench
entry |2 pages
Uzbekistan
letter 22|8 pages
W
entry |1 pages
Wakala
entry |1 pages
Waqf
entry |1 pages
Wasit
entry |8 pages
West Africa
letter 23|6 pages
Y
entry |1 pages
Yasavi (Shrine of Ahmed Yasavi)
entry |6 pages
Yemen
entry |1 pages
Yeşil Cami (The Green Mosque)
entry |1 pages
Yurt
letter 24|3 pages
Z
entry |1 pages
Zanana
entry |2 pages
Zanzibar
entry |2 pages
Zaragoza
entry |1 pages
Zawiya
entry |1 pages
Zigara
entry |1 pages
Zilij
entry |1 pages
Ziyada
entry |1 pages
Ziyaret
entry |1 pages
Zulla
