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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 687-692
Was built to show up the Christian and Jewish temples, so that people would convert to Islam |
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| interior of the Dome of the Rock Jerusalem 687-692 |
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Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria, 706-715.
Built inside of a Roman santuary and it was meant to compete with the other religions. |
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| Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria, 706-715. |
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| Plan of the Umayyad palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750 (after Alberto Berengo Gardin). [Key: 1. Entrance gate; 2. Mosque; 3. Small courtyard; 4. Large courtyard; 5. Audience hall.] |
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| Frieze of the Umayyad palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750. Limestone, 16' 7" high |
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| Aerial view of the Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia, ca. 836-875. |
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| Plan of the Great Mosque, Kairouan, Tunisia, ca. 836-875. |
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| Malwiya minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852. |
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| Mausoleum of the Samanids, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, early tenth century. |
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| Prayer hall of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, eighth to tenth centuries. |
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| Maqsura of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 961-965. |
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| Dome in front of the mihrab of the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 961-965. |
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| Confronting lions and palm tree, fragment of a textile said to be from Zandana, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan, eighth century. Silk compound twill, 2' 11" x 2' 9 1/2". Musée Historique de Lorraine, Nancy. |
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| SULAYMAN, Ewer in the form of a bird, 796. Brass with silver and copper inlay, 1' 3" high. Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. |
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| Koran page with beginning of surah 18, al-Kahf (The Cave), ninth or early tenth century. Ink and gold on vellum, 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Chester Beatty Library and Oriental Art Gallery, Dublin. |
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| Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra palace, Granada, Spain, 1354-1391. |
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| Madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan (view from the south with the mausoleum in the foreground), Cairo, Egypt, begun 1356. |
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| Plan of the madrasa-mosque-mausoleum complex of Sultan Hasan, Cairo, Egypt, begun 1356 |
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| SINAN, Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575. |
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| Sinan, plan of the Mosque of Selim 2, Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575 |
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| SINAN, interior of the Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 1568-1575. |
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| Aerial view of the Great Mosque (looking southwest), Isfahan, Iran, eleventh to seventeenth centuries. |
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| Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam) Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1638 |
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| Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1354. Glazed mosaic tilework, 11' 3" X 7' 6". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
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| MAQSUD OF KASHAN, carpet from the funerary mosque of Shaykh Safi al-Din, Ardabil, Iran, 1540. Knotted pile of wool and silk, 34' 6" X 17' 7". Victoria and Albert Museum, London. |
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| Sultan-Muhammad, the court of Gayumars, detail of folio 20 verso of the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, from Tabriz, Iran, ca. 1525-1535. Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, full page approx. 1' 1"x9" |
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| Ottoman royal ceremonial caftan, from Istanbul, Turkey, ca. 1550. Polychrome silk and gilt-metal thread, 4' 9" high |
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| MUHAMMAD IBN AL-ZAYN, basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis), from Egypt, ca. 1300. Brass, inlaid with gold and silver, 8 3/4" high. |
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| Canteen with episodes from the life of Christ, from Syria, ca. 1240-1250. Brass, inlaid with silver, 1' 2 1/2" diameter |
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