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Mshatta Palace, Jordan; 743-744 CE |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 20 April, 2005
Msatta is a renowned Ummayad palace with spectacular architectural and artistic details that continues to attract many. The decorative aspects of the Palace are of immense detail and splendour and thus has become an important source of information for oriental studies of Muslim art and decoration.
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La Ziza Palace |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 22 February, 2005
Laziza Palace is one of the best examples of surviving Sicilian Islamic architecture since much of Islamic heritage has been wiped out from Sicily.
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Ukhaidar Palace (720-800 CE) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 27 January, 2005
About 100 miles south-west of Baghdad is Ukhaidar palace, one of the most preserved palaces of the Muslim world. It is unique in its architectural wealth and incorporated some of the key innovations that greatly impacted the development of Muslim as well as non-Muslim architecture.
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Khirbat Al-Mafjar, Palace (740 -750) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 09 December, 2004
Khirbat Palace remains a unique example of Umayyad luxury and their developed taste for art. The palace gained particular reputation due to the well-preserved floor mosaics.
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Ottoman Palace Architecture: The Topkapi Palace |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 08 July, 2004
Construction of a palace to accommodate the Ottoman administration and royal household began in 1459, lasting most of the reign of Sultan Mehmed II. The palace included gardens reflecting the Muslim traditional love of nature and symbolic derivation connected with aspiration for gardens of paradise.
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The Ottoman Han (Caravanserai) and Bazzars |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 07 July, 2004
The expansion of commerce in the Ottoman world necessitated the introduction of new types of buildings to accommodate various trade types. The han or caravanserai consisted of cells arranged around a courtyard, providing all the amenities the traveller needed. It contained a mosque, shops, stables, barn, and sleeping rooms. The second major commercial building is the bazaar or bedesten, evolving around the traditional suq neighbouring the main mosque.
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The Seljuk Caravanserai (the Khan) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 14 April, 2003
The Seljuk's developed the caravanserais or khans (Anatolia) or Ribat. These were charitable foundations providing travellers with three days of free shelter, food and entertainment (in some cases) as part of the charitable work emphasised by Islam towards travellers.
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The Baths of Damascus |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sun 26 January, 2003
Islamic Syria inherited the tradition of using the bath from Roman society but gave it a special promotion because of Islam's emphasis on cleanliness, hygiene and good health.
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The Palaces of Ukhaidir |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 14 January, 2002
The architects of Ukhaidir first introduced a new elaborate technique based on the construction of elliptical (pointed) barrel vaults with bricks in similar technique to building a wall and therefore considerably eased the way vaults were built.
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Al-Hambra Palace and the river of paradise |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sun 13 January, 2002
The palace is an architectural masterpiece in every term. The composition of courts, gardens and water expressed the Muslim views of paradise and its eternality rewarding those who strive to reach it.
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