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  • Abbasid (Image) Includes image

    Muqarnas vault in the so-called Abbasid palace, Baghdad, early 13th century; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Ablution (Image) Includes image

    Muslims consider ablution, ritual washing or purification before prayer, a sign of respect to God. The process begins with a declaration that the ritual ...

    Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present

  • Aesthetic Theory (Image) Includes image

    Fig. 1 Lobby, Safir Hotel, Rabat , OE of the Modern IW vol. 1 ...

    Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World

  • Afghanistan (Map) Includes map

    Map of Afghanistan; those sites with separate entries in this encyclopedia are distinguished by Cross-reference type ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Africa (Map) Includes map

    1. Map of the southern Islamic lands; those countries and sites with separate entries in this encyclopedia are distinguished by Cross-reference type ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Africa (Image) Includes image

    2. Djenné, Mali, Great Mosque, eastern façade, founded 14th century; reconstructed 1907; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Africa (Image) Includes image

    2. Illuminated frontispiece in a typical Koran manuscript, from sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, 18th–19th centuries (private collection); photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY; see Africa, ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Africa (Image) Includes image

    3. Hausa decorated house, Kano, Nigeria; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Aghlabid (Image) Includes image

    Mosque of the Three Doors, Kairouan, Tunisia, 866; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Agra (Image) Includes image

    1. Agra, Taj Mahal, 1631–48; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom; see Agra, §II, A ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Albania (Map) Includes map

    Map of Albania ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Aleppo (Image) Includes image

    Aleppo, Firdaws Madrasa, 1235–7; mihrab in prayer-hall; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Almohad (Image) Includes image

    2. Almohad mosque, interior, Tinmal, Morocco, 1153–4; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom; see Almohad ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Almoravid (Image) Includes image

    Almoravid congregational mosque, view of dome over the mihrab, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1136; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ...

    Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

  • Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Map) Includes map

    2. The Hajj ...

    Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition

  • Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Map) Includes map

    1. Arabia during the Life of Muhammad ...

    Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition

  • Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Map) Includes map

    3. Mecca ...

    Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition

  • Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Image) Includes image

    AL HARAM ...

    Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition

  • Arabic Language and Literature (Image) Includes image

    Characterized by its bold, angular script, scribes often used the Kufic style of Arabic writing in ornamental carvings on stone or metal. It rarely ...

    Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present

  • Architecture (Image) Includes image

    Fig. 2 Jazirah Palace, Cairo. OE of the Modern IW vol. 1 ...

    Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World

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