APAH Unit 7: Arabic and Asian Worlds (Islam) Labeling

The Kaaba. Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Pre-Islamic monuments; rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632CE. Multiple renovations (around 600CE). Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread.

Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem. Umayyad Dynasty. 691-692CE, with multiple renovations. Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, gilt aluminum, and bronze dome.

Folio from a Qur’an. Arab, North Africa, or near East Abbasid. 8th to 9th century CE. Ink, color, and gold on parchment.

Pyxis of al-Mughira. Cordoba, Spain. Umayyad Dynasty. 968CE. Ivory.

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jamen) at Isfahan, Iran. Persian: Seljuk, Il’Khanid, Timurid, and Safavid Dynasties. 700CE. Additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries. Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile. Ottoman.

Courtyard of the Great Mosque at Isfahan

Great Mosque of Isfahan Qibla Iwan

Great Mosque. Cordoba, Spain. Umayyad Dynasty. 785-786CE. Stone masonry.

Great Mosque at Cordoba side view

Great Mosque at Cordoba Qibla wall.

Hypostyle Hall at the Great Mosque in Cordoba.

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, Folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahmana. Persian. 1330-1340. Ink and opaque water color, gold, and silver on paper.

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shanama. Persian. 1522-1525. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.

The Ardabil Carpet. Maqsud of Kashani. Persian. Safavid Dynasty. 1539-1540CE. Silk and wool.

Great Mosque of Djenne. Mali, Africa. Founded 1200CE, rebuilt 1906-1907. Adobe.

Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis IX). Muhammad ibn al-Zain. 1320-1340. Bass inlaid with gold and silver.

Mosque of Selim II. Edirne, Turkey. Sinan (architect). 1568-1575. Brick and stone.

Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings. Bichitr. 1620. Watercolor, gold, and ink on paper

Taj Mahal. Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632-1653. Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones, gardens.

Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391. White washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding.

Court of the Lions from Alhambra.

Hall of the Sisters from Alhambra.