SACEAS Architecture Islam Muslim Islamic domes dome cupola cupolas religious religion bury burial death amir Timur Temur Timurid Uzbek Persian sultan tiles tiling tilework tile epigraphy writing inscription
Tomb of Tamerlane Architecture Islam Muslim Islamic domes SACEAS dome cupola cupolas religious religion bury burial death amir Timur Temur Timurid Uzbek Persian sultan epigraphy writing inscription tomb mausoleum
Herat Harat madrasa Timurid Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim Afghanistan Persian 15th century Qavam al-Din Gawhar Shad Shah Rukh Middle East Eastern Khurasan Khorasan interior vaulting arch arches tombstones tomb 1438
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Finished in 1438, this tomb was part of the madrasa that Gauhar built, alongside a Frida mosque. She was the wife of the ruling sultan, Shah Rukh, and politically powerful in her own right. Qavam al-Din was the architect.
SACEAS Tomb of Tamerlane Architecture Islam Muslim Islamic domes dome cupola religious religion bury burial death amir emir Timur Temur Timurid Uzbek Persian sultan epigraphy writing inscripiton painted decoration
SACEAS Samarkand travel tourism Islam Islamic Muslim emir Architecture religion religions religious Iranian Persia Persian tile tiling tiles tilework urban planning Ulugh Beg Shirdar madrasa mosque
SACEAS Samarkand travel tourism Islam Islamic Muslim emir Architecture religion religions religious Iranian Persia Persian tile tiling tiles tilework urban planning Uzbek Ulugh Beh Shirdar madrasa mosque WORLD CITIES
BEB079, Islamic Iranian Persian Architecture tiles writing Islam Muslim portal entrance religious religion bury burial death sultan tiling tilework epigraphy inscription travel tourism Shi'a Shi'ism tile mosaic imams imam colorful colourful 15th century Timurid
Turkistan, Kazakhstan Islamic Iranian 14th century Timurid Architecture inscription writing epigraphy tile tiling tiled travel tourism Islam Muslim religion tiles tiled tiling religions exterior religious Architecture Persian Kazakh Tamerlane Timur mausoleum khanqah khanaqah Sufi Sufis tomb burial portal Kazakh Ahmad khanqah dome ribbed bulbous. Built by Timur in 1398 in memory of the Sufi shaikh Ahmad of Yasi (as the town used to be called. The monument contains a mausoleum and a khanqah (monastery for Sufis). This shows tilework at the entrance of the mausoleum.
BEB079, Islamic Iranian Persian Architecture tiles writing Islam Muslim portal entrance religious religion bury burial death sultan tiling tilework epigraphy inscription travel tourism Shi'a Shi'ism tile mosaic imams imam colorful colourful 15th century Timurid
Turkistan, Kazakhstan Islamic Iranian 14th century Timurid Architecture inscription writing epigraphy tile tiling tiled travel tourism Islam Muslim religion religions exterior religious Architecture Persian Kazakh Tamerlane Timur mausoleum khanqah khanaqah Sufi Sufis tomb burial portal Kazakh Ahmad khanqah dome ribbed bulbous. Built by Timur in 1398 in memory of the Sufi shaikh Ahmad of Yasi (as the town used to be called. The monument contains a mausoleum and a khanqah (monastery for Sufis). This shows the entrance and the dome of the mausoleum.
Turkistan, Kazakhstan Islamic Iranian 14th century Timurid Architecture inscription writing epigraphy tile tiling tiled travel tourism Islam Muslim religion religions exterior religious Architecture Persian Kazakh Tamerlane Timur mausoleum khanqah khanaqah Sufi Sufis tomb burial portal Kazakh Ahmad khanqah dome ribbed bulbous. Built by Timur in 1398 in memory of the Sufi shaikh Ahmad of Yasi (as the town used to be called. The monument contains a mausoleum and a khanqah (monastery for Sufis). This shows the entrance and the dome of the mausoleum.
Turkistan, Kazakhstan Islamic Iranian 14th century Timurid Architecture inscription writing epigraphy tile tiling tiled travel tourism Islam Muslim religion religions exterior religious Architecture Persian Kazakh Tamerlane Timur mausoleum khanqah khanaqah Sufi Sufis tomb burial portal Kazakh Ahmad khanqah dome ribbed bulbous. Built by Timur in 1398 in memory of the Sufi shaikh Ahmad of Yasi (as the town used to be called. The monument contains a mausoleum and a khanqah (monastery for Sufis).
Gawhar Shad mosque Mashhad Mashad Meshed qibla iwan ivan ayvan huge monumental building buildings Islamic Architecture Muslim Islam Iran Iranian Persian Timurid Qavam al-Din 15th century 1418 tiled tiling tile tilework courtyard
Description
Built be the architect Qavm al-Din in 1418 and commissioned by Gawhar Shad, the wife of the Timurid sultan Shah Rukh. Mashhad is the pilrimage town of the shrine of the Shi'i imam Riza, adjacent to the mosque.
Turkistan, Kazakhstan Islamic Iranian 14th century Timurid Architecture inscription writing epigraphy tile tiling tiled travel tourism Islam Muslim religion religions exterior religious Architecture Persian Kazakh Tamerlane Timur mausoleum khanqah khanaqah Sufi Sufis tomb burial portal Kazakh Ahmad khanqah dome ribbed bulbous. Built by Timur in 1398 in memory of the Sufi shaikh Ahmad of Yasi (as the town used to be called. The monument contains a mausoleum and a khanqah (monastery for Sufis). This shows the entrance and the dome of the mausoleum, and the larger dome of the assembly hall behind.
Shrine Imam Reza Riza Rida Mashhad Mashad Meshed Iran Iranian Persian Khorasan Khurasan religious Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim Shi'i Shi'a goldl dome domes tile tiled tiling tilwork Gawhar Shad mosque mosques madrasa madrasas 15th century Timurid Safavid pilgrim pilgrims pilgrimage building buildings
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The buildings around the Shrine mostl date from teh 15th century and later. The mosque with the big dome on the right is that of Gawhar Shad, finished in1418, the madrasas with the two turquoise domes on the left is the Do dar madrasa, built by the vizier Yusuf Khvaja in 1439. The gold dome above the tomb of Imam Riza, the eighth Shi'i imam, dates from the Safavid period. It is still a major centre of pilgrimage.
Khargird madrasa Timurid Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim Iran Iranian Persian 15th century Qavam al-Din Pir Ahmad Khvafi Khwafi Middle East Eastern Khurasan Khorasan interior lecture hall
Description
The Khargird madrasa was commissioned by the vazier Pir Ahmad Khvafi and finished in 1443. Its architect was qavam al-Din al-Shirazi, the court architeect of Shah Rukh, the ruling Timurid sultan at the time. Khargird is situated near the border with Afghanistan in the northeast of Iran.
Khargird madrasa Timurid Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim Iran Iranian Persian 15th century Qavam al-Din Pir Ahmad Khvafi Khwafi Middle East Eastern Khurasan Khorasan exterior view vista building buildings monument
Description
The Khargird madrasa was commissioned by the vazier Pir Ahmad Khvafi and finished in 1443. Its architect was qavam al-Din al-Shirazi, the court architeect of Shah Rukh, the ruling Timurid sultan at the time. Khargird is situated near the border with Afghanistan in the northeast of Iran.
Istanbul. On the southeast side of the Hagia Sophia stand three domed mausoleums of sultans. Right is the Mausoleum of Murat III, who was buried here in 1599. He had sired 103 children by the time he died. Left is the Mausoleum of Selim II, designed by the architect Sinan and completed in 1577. The interior is entirely covered in Iznik tiles. The Blue Mosque can be seen between the domes.
BEB094, Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim travel tourism Uzbek Shibanid Shaybanid 1535 madrasah teaching college theology arch arcade iwan dome tile tiled tilework
BEB094, Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim travel tourism Uzbek Shibanid Shaybanid 1535 madrasah teaching college theology arch arcade iwan dome tile tiled tilework
BEB094, Islamic Architecture Islam Muslim travel tourism Uzbek Shibanid Shaybanid 1535 madrasah teaching college theology arch arcade iwan dome tile tiled tilework
Shah Jahan, Britain's first purpose-built mosque was built in 1889 by orientalist Dr Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner. Muslim, Islam, holy, koran, allah, historic, Architecture
Shah Jahan, Britain's first purpose-built mosque was built in 1889 by orientalist Dr Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner. Muslim, Islam, holy, koran, allah, historic, Architecture
BEB118, Islamic Architecture river square Persian Iranian Khwaju Persia Iranian travel tourism Islam Muslim religion exterior arch arcade religious pavilion water commerce Shah Abbas II Hasanabad Shahi Rukn al-Din 17th century 1650
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mosque, Islamic, center, New, York, USA, Manhattan, Islam, Islam, religion, religious, Cultural, Muslim, architecture, jami, North, America, American, dome, Skidmore, Owings, and, Merrill, prayer, hall, building, buildings, 20th, century, 1991
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The Islamic Cultural Center of New York is a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is located at 1711 Third Avenue, between East 96th and 97th Streets. The Islamic Cultural Center was the first mosque built in New York City. Construction of the mosque was begun on May 28, 1987, the day which represented the end of Ramadan. The cornerstone of the minaret was laid on September 26, 1988. Construction was delayed during the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and the First Gulf War. The mosque opened on April 15, 1991, for the feast of Eid ul-Fitr. The architects were Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
