Part 4: ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE (PICTURES)

Kaaba

Kaaba

Medina

Green Dome

AL-MASJID AL-NABAWI (Mosque of the Prophet)

Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem

CHINLI CHIOSK (Tiled Pavilion), Turkey

GREAT MOSQUE of Damascus, Syria (Umayyad)

GREAT MOSQUE of Damascus, Syria (Umayyad— after the war

GREAT MOSQUE of Samarra, Iraq (Mosque of Al Mutawakkil)

MOSQUE OF SULTAN AHMED, Turkey

MOSQUE OF SULTAN AHMED, Turkey

MOSQUE OF SULTAN HASSAN, Egypt

SÜLEYMANIYE MOSQUE, Turkey

THE SELIMIYE, Edrine, Turkey

IBN TULUN MOSQUE, Cairo, Egypt

IBN TULUN MOSQUE, Cairo, Egypt

UMAYYAD PALACES

THE CITADEL - Cairo, Egypt

THE ALHAMBRA - In Grenada, Spain

THE ALHAMBRA - In Grenada, Spain

MADINAT AL-ZAHRA in Cordoba, Muslim =Spain

MADINAT AL-ZAHRA in Cordoba, Muslim Spain

TOPKAPI PALACE in Turkey (Ottoman

Empire)

TOPKAPI PALACE in Turkey (Ottoman

Empire)

PALACE IN KILWA, East Africa

PALACE IN KILWA, East Africa

CITADEL (FORTRESS) OF Aleppo, Syria

DESERT CASTLES OF JORDAN

CRAK DE CHEVALIERS, Jordan

BAM, Iran

THE CITADEL OF CAIRO

ALCAZABA in Malaga, Spain (Andalusia)

Plan of typical traditional Islamic courtyard house

DECORATIONS AND FURNISHINGS

Caravanserai in Bisotun, Irana

Bath house

Green Dome

Taj Mahal

Saadi's tomb in Shiraz, Iran

Mausoleum in Bukhara

Mausoleum of Olijeitu in Sultaniya

Tomb of a woman in Isfahan, Iran