HISTORY 3- INFLUENCES TO ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

North Africa and Southern Asia

The Muslim faith flourished principally in the countries of

Marble

was generally available as an article of trade to the locality.

HAREM

A woman’s place was in the private part of the household-the

Types of Islamic Architecture

Mosque

Madrassa

Hammam

Caravanserai

Casbah/Citadel

Mausoleum

Mosque

place for worship

Madrassa

public school

Hammam

structural design for a hot bathhouse

Caravanserai

a roadside inn for travelers

Casbah/Citadel

a fortress

Mausoleum

tomb or a monument

salah

(prayer)

Masjid

Arabic word for the mosque for “a place of prostration” or bowing down to Allah.

Imam

“someone who stands in front”.

muezzin

calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret. He recites the adhan, or call to prayer, at set times.

Wudu

Muslims wash in a special sequence

MASHRABIYA

calls Muslims to prayer from tIt is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the secondary story of a building or higher lined with stained glass.he minaret. He recites the adhan, or call to prayer, at set times.

SAHN

Courtyard for prayers, they are usually big in area to accommodate people, combined with ablution.

MIHRAB

Part of a mosque, referring to a niche in the wall which points the worshipers toward Mecca.

MAQSURA

Enclosure in a mosque,situated near the mihrab and minbar, defined by a metal or timber screen, used by a ruler for the purpose of protection and status.

DIKKA

Is a term in Muslim architecture for a tribune raised upon columns from which the Qur’an is recited and prayers are intoned by the imam of a mosque.

MINBAR

Part of a mosque, referring to a “pulpit”, or a place from which a religious leader (an “imam”) speaks to the people. It looks something like a staircase.

qubba

The Arabic term for dome

PRAYER AREA/HALL

Main area top perform the congregational pray

RIWAQ

Is an arcade or portico open on at least one side. It often serves as the transition space between interior and outdoor spaces.

ARABESQUE

Designs of biomorphic, floral patterns representing the underlying order and unity of nature with a great deal of accuracy.

ARABESQUE

Also as Islimi.

The Kaaba

the “cubic” shrine in Mecca, the center of Islamic worship and the holiest place in Islam.

Medina

Burial Place of Muhammad

The Dome of the Rock

Built by the Caliph Abd al-Malik and completed in 691 A.D. The building encloses a huge rock located at its center from which the Prophet Muhammad ascended (went up) to heaven at the end of his Night Journey.

Muslims

People who follow the religion of Islam

Sufism

Muslim movement in year 900

Five Pillars of Islam

Shahadah
Salat

Zakat
Sawm

Hajj

Sharia

Their decisions filled in a set of laws

burka

Women are expected to be well covered

when they go outdoors. In some countries,

they have to wear a veil covering their body.

In Arab countries, such a covering

mosque

the traditional place of worship for Muslims.