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- Andalusian Architecture - Nofal Ahmad Al-Abdulali, a Kuwaiti student at the University of Kansas, provides an illustrated history of the Islamic conquest of Spain and the monumental buildings that sprang from it.
www.grapevine.net/~suede
- Arabic and Islamic Architecture - Articles and a list of reviewed and rated related links from Suite 101.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/arabic_islamic_architecture
- Architecture of Isfahan - Beautiful photography enhances this tour around the Iranian city notable for the Grand Mosque and other buildings around the Great Square, a World Heritage site. By Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University.
isfahan.anglia.ac.uk
- Early Islamic Tiles - An on-line exhibition of 14th-17th century decorative tiles collected in 1880-86 by Lockwood de Forest. Scholarly comments by Anthony Slayter-Ralph. Biography of de Forest.
www.anthonyralphgallery.com
- Islamic Architecture - Images and information on outstanding mosques and other examples of monumental Islamic architecture in Spain, the Middle East, India and North Africa, from Great Buildings Online.
www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html
- Islamic Architecture - An Appreciation - Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web.
www.amaana.org/tajik/sakarchit.htm
- Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library - Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives.
bloom.mit.edu/agakhan
- Islamic Architecture in India - Images and historical notes from Shishir Thadani, part of Image India, illustrating the development of Islamic architecture in India.
members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/islamic.html
- Koutayba: Islamic Architecture - Features a history of Islamic architecture and illustrated descriptions and histories of notable mosques and monuments, together with links to Amazon for the purchase of related books.
www.koutayba.com/Architectural/MT/Mosques-Temples.htm
- Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures - Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture.
web.mit.edu/4.614/www
- Shalimar - Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
www.telerama.com/~jdehullu/islam/home.htm
- Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces - Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.
cyberistan.org/islamic/zahra.html
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