Muslim Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781406736984)

MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE BY SHEIKH AHMED CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE INTRODUCTION ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE THE HOLY EAABA AT MECCA THE FIRST MOSQUE AT MEDINA THE EFFECT OF HAJ ON MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION OF THE MOSQUE JAM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE THE MOSQUE AT KUFA HARAM ASHSHARIF THE DOME OF THE ROCK THE DOME OF THE CHAIN MASJID ALAQSA THE MOSQUE AT FUSTAT SIDIUQBA AT QAIRWAN THE MOSQUE JAMI, DAMASCUS THE FALL OF THE UMMAYYADS AND THE RISE OF THE ABBASIDE KHILAFAT AT DAMASCUS THE RISE OF THE UMMAYYADS IN SPAIN INTRODUCTION OF THE HORSESHOE ARCH IN SPAIN THE MOSQUE ALJAMI, CORDOBA THE RISE OF BAGHDAD THE MOSQUE OF SAMARA THE MOSQUE OF ABU DULAF THE MOSQUE OF IBN TULUN THE FALL OF THE TULUNIDES IN EGYPT AND THE ABBASIDE KHILAFAT IN BAGHDAD JAMP ALAZHAR, CAIRO THE MOSQUE OF ALHAKIM THE MOSQUE OF ALJUYUSHI THE GATES OF CAIRO THE MOSQUE OF ALAQMAR THE MOSQUE OF AMIR TALAI. THE RISE OF THE AYYUBITES AND THE FALL OF THE FATAMIDS IN EGYPT MADRESSAS MARISTANS OR HOSPITALS CITADELS MAMLUKE ARCHITECTURE DESTRUCTION OF BAGHDAD THE MOSQUE OF BAYBERS I THE MADRESSA AND MAUSOLEUM OF QALAWUN MARISTAN OF QALAWUN THE MADRESSAMAUSOLEUM OF ANNASIR THE MADRESSA OF SHEIKH ZAYN UDDIN YUSUF THE MOSQUE OF ANNASIR AT CITADEL AMIR SELAR AND BAYBERS ALGESHENKIR THE MADRESSA OF AMIR SELAR AND SANGAR ALGAWALI THE KHANQA OF BAYBERS ALGESHENKIR THE MOSQUE OF SULTAN HASSAN CIRCASSIAN MAMLUKES THE MOSQUE OF SULTAN BARQUQ THE MAUSOLEUM OF SULTAN BARQUQ AND FARAJ THE MOSQUE OF SHEIKH ALMUAYYAD ALASHRAF BARSBEY THE MOSQUE OF JAWHAR ALLALA ALMALIK ALASHRAF ABUL NASR QAITBEY THE TOMBMOSQUEMADRESSAOF QAIT BEY GLOSSARY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. The Holy Kaaba at Mecca 2. The Mosque at Medina Masjid alNabwi 3. The City of Medina 4. The Interior of the Dome of the Rock 5. Exterior of the Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain 6. Section and Plan of the Dome of the Rock 7. Interior of the Dome of the Rock 8. The Li wan of the Mosque AlAqsa 9. The main Mihrab of the Mosque AlAqsa 10. Plan of the Mosque of Arnr at Fustat 11. The Li wan of the Mosque at Fustat 12. Exterior and Plan of SidiUqba at Qairwan 13. Tower of the Mosque of SidieUqba at Qairwan 14. The Liwan of the Mosque of SidiUqba 15. The Sahn of the Mosque Jami, Damascus 16. MinarAlAnis 17. Interior of the Mosque at Damascus 18. The Temple of Lomas Rishi near Qaya, Behar 19. The Temple ofBhaga Karli in Nasik, Bombay 20. The Interior of AlJami, Cordoba 21. Part of AlJami, Cordoba 22 Columns of the Mosque at Samara 23. Air view and Plan of the Mosque at Samara 24. The Mosque of Iba.Tulun 25. Birdseye view of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun 26. The Bab AsShurbah of the, Mosque AkAzhar 27. The Sahn of the Mosque AlAzhar 28. Tjie Buins and Plan of the Mosque of AlHakim 29. The Minaret of the Mosque of AlHakim 30. Ruins and plan of the Mosque of AlJuyushi 31. Bab AlFutuh, Cairo 32. Fagade of the Mosque of AlAqmar 33. The Mosque of Amir Salih Talai 34. A madressa in the heart of Cairo 35. The door of the Maristan of Qalawun 36. The court in the Hospital of Qalawun 37. The tomb of Salih Najm udDin 38. Interior of the MadressaMausoleum of Qalawun 39. The Outer Fagade of the Madressa of Qalawun 40. The Mosque of AnNasir at the Citadel 41. Madressa of Selar and Sangar alGawali 42. The Khanqa of Baybers alGashenkir 43. The Mosque of Sultan Hassan 44. Decoration from the Li wan of the Mosque of Hassan 45. Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan 46. Minaret of the Mosque of Sultan Barquq 47. Mausoleum of Sultan Barquq and Faraj 48. Door of the Mosque of Muayyad 49. Mihrab of the Mosque of AlMuayyad 50. Minaret of the Mosque of QaitBey 51. A dome from the Qarafah Cemetry 52. The Mosque of QaitBey 53. Interior of the Mosque of QaitBey 54. Interior of the Mosque of Ezbek AlYusufy 55. A squinch from the Mosque of Ezbek AlYusufy I

Author: Ahmed Sheikh Ahmed,Sheikh Ahmed
ISBN-10: 1406736988
ISBN-13: 9781406736984
Publisher: Hesperides Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2006
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d