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Abbasid (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)
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)
Fig. 1 Lobby, Safir Hotel, Rabat , OE of the Modern IW vol. 1 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
Afghanistan (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)
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)
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)
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)
3. Hausa decorated house, Kano, Nigeria; photo credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aghlabid (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)
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)
Map of Albania ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Aleppo (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)
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)
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)
2. The Hajj ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Map)
1. Arabia during the Life of Muhammad ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Map)
3. Mecca ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Arabia at the Time of Muhammad (Image)
AL HARAM ...
Source: Atlas of the World’s Religions, Second Edition
Arabic Language and Literature (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)
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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