Islamic Architecture

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi arches moat bridge arcade

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi arches moat glacis walls

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi arches moat bridge arcade

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi arches moat bridge arcade

BEB065, Islamic Architecture Pakistan Indian Pakistani Indian 14th century 1325 dome cupola octagonal tile tiled tilework Sultanate Sufi pilgrimage mausoleum burial bury

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

BEB111, Islamic Muslim Turkish Architecture domes stone Islam travel tourism monument building cupola lofty arch arches arcade portal doorway minaret minarets turret turrets Sultan Ahmet Ahmad vertical Ottoman Mehmet Aga 17th century

BEB047, Islamic Architecture kalan minaret religious brick travel tourism Islam Muslim religion religions exterior Architecture Persian Iranian Uzbek Central Asia courtyard kalyan brick Shibanid Shaybanid Qarakhanid Arslan Khan 16th century

BEB047, Islamic Kalan Architecture religious Persian travel tourism 12th century [call to prayer] brick Islam religion religions exterior Iranian carved brick Central Asian brickwork Qarakhanid sultan Muhammad ibn Sulayman Arslan Khan lantern square Bukhara Uzbekistan

BEB111, Islamic Muslim Turkish Architecture domes stone Islam travel tourism monument building cupola lofty arch arches arcade portal doorway minaret minarets turret turrets Sultan Ahmet Ahmad vertical Ottoman Mehmet Aga 17th century

BEB039, Uzbekistan Uzbek Islamic Architecture bury burial dome cupola zone of transition brickwork brick Muslim Islam arches 10th century exterior

BEB047, Islamic Kalan Architecture religious Persian travel tourism 12th century [call to prayer] brick Islam religion religions exterior Iranian carved brick Central Asian brickwork Qarakhanid sultan Muhammad ibn Sulayman Arslan Khan lantern square Bukhara Uzbekistan

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi

BEB039, Uzbekistan Uzbek Islamic Architecture bury burial dome cupola zone of transition brickwork brick Muslim Islam squinches arches 10th century

BEB035, Syria Syrian Islamic Islam Muslim Architecture Umayyad Omayyad Omeyed 8th century Walid mosaics building prayer hall transept pediment dome minaret night twilight

BEB035, Syria Syrian Islamic Islam Muslim Architecture Umayyad Omayyad Omeyed 8th century Walid mosaics building prayer hall transept pediment dome minaret night twilight

Ph147c Cesar Pelli 21st century modern contemporary Architecture southeast South East Asia business petrochemical glass steel Malaysian Asian capital office offices travel tourism twin night floodlighting floodlit illumination clouds moody

Xinjiang, Islamic, tilework, tile, mausoleum, entrance facade, 1369, Chaghatay, Chaghatai, Chaghatayid, Mongol, terracotta, Kargas, square

Xinjiang, Islamic, tilework, tile, mausoleum, detail of entrance niche, 1369, Chaghatay, Chaghatai, Chaghatayid, Mongol, terracotta, Kargas, vertical

madrasa, mosque, 1356, Mamluk, Egypt, Islamic, door, stone, muqarnas

Safavid, carpet sellers, muqarnas, stalactites, 17th century, Islamic Architecture, bazaar

Patron Shah Jahan, dated 1650-1656. congregational, Islamic, Islam, Muslim, dome, domes, tents in courtyard, minaret, minarets, religion, religions, sandstone, stone, marble

Dated 1232-1236, patron Ala al-Din Kayqubad, Anatolian Seljuk dynasty, Khan, caravanserai, caravansaray, caravan, inn, mosque in courtyard, Islamic, Muslim, Turkish, arch, dome, vault, stone, exterior, horizontal, travel

Dated 1251, Patron Jalal al-Din Karatay. Anatolian Seljuk dynasty. madrasah, theological college, Islam, Islamic, religion, religions, tile, tiles, tilework, tile mosaic, iwan, iwans, ivan, ivans, interior, vertical, writing, calligraphy, inscription, inscriptions, Turkish

SACEAS astronomy astrology Islamic Architecture sextant 1424 star tables

BEB041, Spain, Islamic, Architecture, Cordoba, Great mosque, Spanish, Umayyad, arch arches, intersecting, shell

BEB069, Patron: Nasrid Yusuf I, 1333-1354, reception hall, throne niche, stucco, decoration, tile dado, tiling, Islamic, Muslim Granada Spain Spanish

tombstone, dated 1030, Ghaznavid, earliest example of monumental cursive (naskhi) in Islamic art, writing, epigraphy, inscription, Kufic, interior, horizontal, stone, marble

Mohamed, 19th century, Mamluk, 14th century, Egypt, Islamic, fortress, castle, Saladin, Salah al-Din

Dated 1283-4, Patron Qalawun, Qalaw'un, Mamluk dynasty, mausoleum, tomb, tombstone, burial, dome, Islam, Islamic, Egyptian, religion, religions, vertical, interior, decoration, stucco

BEB113, Maidan-i Shah. Dated 1602-1618. Patron Shah Abbas. Safavid dynasty, dome, domes, mihrab, mihrabs, tile, tiles, tile mosaic, decoration, writing, epigraphy, inscription, Quran, Koran, religion, religions, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, interior, vertical

BEB113, Maidan-i Shah. Dated 1602-1618. Patron Shah Abbas. Safavid dynasty, dome, domes, tile, tiles, tile mosaic, writing, epigraphy, inscription, Quran, Koran, religion, religions, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, interior, horizontal

1568-1574, architect Sinan, Islamic, Turkey, Turkish, religion, religious, dome, cupola, domes, cupolas, windows, light, interior, horizontal, Ottoman, Selim II, mihrab

Tomb tower, Khatun, 1358, twelve-sided, stone, Islamic, Qara Quyunlu, Karakoyunlu

Dated 1303. Patrons: Mamluk amirs Salar and Sanjar al-Jauli. Tomb, mausoleum, bury, burial, madrasa, madrasah, khanqah, Sufi, Sufism, minaret, dome, screen, stone, Islamic, Muslim, exterior, vertical

Turkey. Constructed by Murad IV between 1635-1638, commemorating his victory over the city of Revan. travel TWOTHO Tea room, Sultan's quarters palace tourism vacation vacations Islamic horizontal Ottoman Architecture Turkish Middle East palace palatial golden cage horizontal or vertical

BEB119, datable 1631-1637, patron Shah Jahan, for Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal, Islamic, Islam, marble inlay, intarsia, pietra dura, flower, flowers, floral, interior, vertical, railing

Turkey. Constructed by Murad IV between 1635-1638, commemorating his victory over the city of Revan. travel TWOTHO Tea room, Sultan's quarters palace tourism vacation vacations Islamic horizontal Ottoman Architecture Turkish Middle East palace palatial golden cage horizontal or vertical

Patron Shah Jahan, dated 1641-3. Asia, Punjab, Moghul, Mughal, Islamic, Muslim, historic, site, ; gardens, lake, pavilion, pavilions

dated 1631, patron Shah Jahan, Mughal, pietra dura, intarsia, marble inlay, tulips, flowers, Islamic, Muslim, Islam, interior, horizontal

BEB385, Louis Kahn, 1974, Bengal, Bengali, modern, 20th century, parliament, concrete, monument, winner of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, garden

BEB385, architect Louis Kahn, 1974, Bengal, Bengali, modern, 20th century, parliament, concrete, monument, winner of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, garden

minaret 1324, mausoleum 1307, Ilkhanid, tile, tilework, brick, brickwork, Islamic, tomb, tomb tower, religious

Dated 1311, patron Ala' al-Din Khalji, Sultanate, entrance portal, gateway, doorway, gate, door, Indian, Islamic, Muslim, religion, religions, sandstone, marble, stone, arch, exterior, vertical

SACEAS madrasah, theological college, school, Samarkand, dated 1616-36, patron Yalangtush, Uzbek, Registan square, tile, tiling, tiles, tile mosaic, dome, domes, minaret, minarets, lion, tiger, sun, exterior, vertical, travel, tourism, Muslim, Islam, Islamic, religion, religions,

HISTES, Spanish, Architecture, Isamic, Moorish, fountain, water, arch arcade, polylobed, travel, tourism, interior, portal, court, entrance

Dated 1311, patron Ala' al-Din Khalji, Sultanate, entrance portal, gateway, doorway, gate, door, Indian, Islamic, Muslim, religion, religions, sandstone, marble, stone, arch, exterior, vertical, detail

Dated 1311, patron Ala' al-Din Khalji, Sultanate, entrance portal, gateway, doorway, gate, door, Indian, Islamic, Muslim, religion, religions, sandstone, marble, stone, arch, exterior, vertical, detail of Persian foundation inscription, writing, epigraphy, language

tomb of Shah Isma'il, Ismail, dome, domes, cupola, cupolas, Iran, Safavid, 16th century, snow, winter, tile, tiling, mausoleum, mausoleums, tombs, brick, Islamic, Islam, Persia, bury, burial, vertical

Queen Arwa bint Ahmad al-Sulaihi, Sayyida Arwa, Sulaihid, 1088-89, Jami mosque, congregational mosque, Islamic, arcade, arcades, arch, arches, vertical

Cairo, Egypt, Mamluk, 1347, Ottoman restoration, Ibrahim Agha Mustahfizan, 1652, blue Iznik Damascus tiles, minbar, pulpit, Islamic

tallest minaret in Islamic world, dated 1201-fourteenth century, patrons Aibek, Iltutmish, Firuz Shah. Sultanate dynasty. Qotb, Quwwat al-Islam mosque, stone, epigraphy, Muslim, religion, religions, exterior, vertical

tallest minaret in Islamic world, dated 1201-fourteenth century, patrons Aibek, Iltutmish, Firuz Shah. Sultanate dynasty. Qotb, Quwwat al-Islam mosque, stone, epigraphy, Muslim, religion, religions, exterior, vertical, inscription, writing, epigraphy

Datable 1628-37, patron Shah Jahan, Mughal, Islamic, Islam, Public Audience Hall, Chihil Sutun, marble inlay, intarsia, pietra dura, flower, flowers, floral, interior, vertical

fortress, Byzantine, Ottoman restoration, landscape, Anatolia, moon, vertical

Dated 1251, Patron Jalal al-Din Karatay. Anatolian Seljuk dynasty. madrasah, theological college, Islam, Islamic, religion, religions, tile, tiles, tilework, pendentive, pendentives, dome, domes, iwan, iwans, ivan, ivans, interior, vertical, writing, calligraphy, inscription, inscriptions, Turkish

Dated 1283-4, Patron Qalawun, Qalaw'un, Mamluk dynasty, madrasa, madrasah, mausoleum, tomb, burial, dome, minaret, stone, Islam, Islamic, Egyptian, religion, religions, vertical, exterior

SACEAS Timurid Architecture Islam Islamic Muslim overglaze-painted tile tiling vertical Persian Iranian Uzbek travel tourism Samarqand Samarkand

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 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

HISTES, Islamic, Architecture, Spanish, Almohad, Islam, Muslim, cathedral, travel, tourism

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 Architecture religion religions religious bury burial inter Iranian Persia Persian mausoleum pilgrim pilgrims shrine shrines overglaze-painted underglaze-painted tile tiling tiles tilework

Dated 1307, patron Zayn al-Din al-Mastari, Ilkhanid dynasty, Mongol, Iranian, Islamic, burial, mausoleum, writing, epigraphy, calligraphy, stucco, muqarnas, stalactites, dome, cupola, interior, horizontal

SACEAS Entrance facade necropolis Uzbekistan Samarqand travel tourism Timurid Islam Islamic Muslim religion religions Architecture religious carved bury burial pilgrimage mausoleum horizontal tilework tiling arch writing epigraphy inscriptions

SACEAS Registan Samarkand travel tourism Islam Islamic Muslim emir Architecture religion religions religious Iranian Persia Persian tile tiling tiles tilework cupola writing epigraphy inscription

SACEAS Samarkand travel tourism Islam Islamic Muslim emir Architecture religion religions religious Iranian Persia Persian tile tiling tiles tilework cupola writing epigraphy inscription Registan

Ottoman, 1418, mausoleum, Islam, Islamic, monument, Yeshil Turbe, death, burial, turban, cenotaph, tile, tiling, cuerda seca, mihrab, vertical, interior, writing, calligraphy, epigraphy, inscription

BEB041, Spain, Islamic, Architecture, Cordoba, Great mosque, Spanish Umayyad, arch, arches, intersecting, polylobed, Muslim, Islam

hotel travel tourism luxury upmarket reflecting pool neo-Islamic Muslim Islam night stars reflection Ritz Carlton Sharq resort spa

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

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 interior lecture hall

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian dragons 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi arches moat bridge arcade talismans snakes

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian 13th century travel tourism fortress castle carved stone Muslim Islam Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi entrance

BEB039, Uzbekistan Uzbek Islamic Architecture bury burial dome cupola zone of transition brickwork brick Muslim Islam arches 10th century exterior

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

'Amra detail hunting scene painting Umayyad Islamic Architecture 8th century pavilion bath house retreat wall travel tourism desert Bedouin al-Walid onagers wild asses torch net art Muslim Islam interior vertical indoors

Built by one of the Umayyad caliphs, possibly al-Walid I or al-Walid II, between 711-744. This shows onagers (wild asses) being herded within a net guided by a man holding a lighted torch.

The old town before it was mostly destroyed by the Syrian government, in revenge for a Muslim Brotherhood rebellion, in 1982. urban Syrian Islam city cityscape domes houses domestic Architecture

BEB069, Islamic Muslim Architecture palace vaulting Europe Southern Andalusia Andalusian Moorish Spanish travel tourism palace palatial fortress castle stucco muqarnas Islam Nasrid Muhammad V 1354-91 14th century

old town urban Syrian Islam city cityscape domes houses domestic Architecture water wheel noria river Orontes

The old town before it was mostly destroyed by the Syrian government, in revenge for a Muslim Brotherhood rebellion, in 1982. urban Syrian Islam city cityscape domes houses domestic Architecture water wheel noria river Orontes

BEB055, Architecture Islamic Syrian dragons 13th century travel tourism fortress castle snakes snakes dragon carved stone Muslim Islam symbol symbolism talisman Ayyubid Sultan al-Zahir Ghazi talismans Syria

The old town before it was mostly destroyed by the Syrian government, in revenge for a Muslim Brotherhood rebellion, in 1982. urban Syrian Islam city cityscape domes houses domestic Architecture river Orontes

The old town before it was mostly destroyed by the Syrian government, in revenge for a Muslim Brotherhood rebellion, in 1982. urban Syrian Islam city cityscape domes houses domestic Architecture rover Orontes

BEB113, Iranian Safavid Islamic Architecture 17th century Persia Persian travel tourism dome cupola mihrab tile tiled mosaic arabesque sunburst pattern square decoration writing epigraphy inscription Quran Quranic Koranic religion Islam Muslim interior square

Morocco Islamic Architecture Marrakech Sa'dian tomb tombs tile mosaic zillij Islam bury burial religion religious Muslim geometric pattern epigraphy arabic writing Arab stucco decoration carved plaster tombstones arch arches arched

The Tombs of the Sa'dian Rulers are located in the Riyad al-'Arus quarter of Marrakech. The pavilions date from the 16th-17th centuries.

1773, Zand dynasty, stone columns, qibla prayer hall, Islamic, religious

BEB039, Uzbekistan, Uzbek Islamic, Architecture, bury, burial, dome, cupola, zone of transition, brickwork, brick, Muslim, Islam, arches, 10th century, exterior

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.

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 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.

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).

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Onaiza 63 district, Doha, Qatar

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