Architecture Image Gallery
Browse through selected images taken from Muslim Heritage articles related to Architecture...
“Architecture is the learned game correct and
magnificent of forms assembled in the light” – Le Corbusier
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The central fountain of the Court of Lions
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No wall paper here! Alhambra interior walls carved with verses
from the holy Quran. Colours have faded away.
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The central fountain of the Court of Lions
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Trifoil and semi-circular arches, Cordoba Mosque.
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Raised semi-circular arches, Cordoba Mosque.
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Raised arcades along the Kairawan method inside the Mosque of Uqba also known as the Great Mosque of Kairawan, city of Kairawan, Tunisia
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Arcade of transverse arches in Mahdia Mosque Tunisia (11th century).
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The horseshoe and the cinqfoil arches on main façade, Cordoba Mosque.
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Ismail Mausoleum (before 943), Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
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The conical at Qabus Mausoleum (1007), Gurgan, Iran.
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The Mosque of Djenne, Mali
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The Mosque of Djenne, Mali
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View of the Great Mosque from the northeast as it looked in 1910. From Félix Dubois’ Notre beau Niger
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Sinan depicted preparing the grave of Suleyman the Magnificent by Nakkash Osman.
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Miqaat Al-Medina mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 1987.
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The Qiblatain mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia, 1992.
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Azizeyah Mosque.
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King Saud Mosque.
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The Corniche Mosque.
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The Ruwais Mosque.
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The Suleiman Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1979.
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Basil House in Old Aleppo.
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The Maktab Anbar in Damascus.
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The fountain in Achik Bash House in Aleppo.
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The furniture in main room of Al-Azem Palace in Hama.
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The Courtyard of Al-Azem Palace in Hama.
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The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
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The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
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The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
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The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
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The Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
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Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
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Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
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Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
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Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
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The entrance to the Great East Mosque at Kaifeng
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The burial sites of men who introduced Islam to China are marked by pagoda-like structures, Linxia, Gansu province
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The custodian of the Hongshuiquan mosque
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Painted timber beams in Dingxiang
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Arabic calligraphy is often used to decorate the walls of mosques, as here at the entrance to the Great East Mosque at Kaifeng
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The Zhuxian Mosque in Kaifeng, Henan province
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The Beiguan Mosque in Tianshui in Gansu province
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Great Mosque of Xian
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Bahaud-Din Naqshband Mausoleum, Bukhara
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Selimiye Mosque, Edirne
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Alhambra Palace, Granada
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Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
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Wazir Khan Mosque, Lahore
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Jabal al-Qal’a (Amman Citadel), Amman
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Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
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Jalil Khayat Mosque, Erbil (Arbil)
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Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan
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The Taj Mahal, Agra
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Masjid al-Sultan Barquq, Cairo
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Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muskat, Matrah
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Images are taken from the following articles:
Stunning Ceilings from the Wonders of Islamic Architecture by Cem Nizamoglu
The Back-Road Historic Mosques of China by Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Nancy Steinhardt
Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation by Cem Nizamoglu
Mosque of Whirling Colours: A Mixture of Architecture and Art in Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran by Cem Nizamoglu
The Courtyard Houses of Syria by Mahmoud Zein Alabidin
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil or the Triumph of the Islamic Architectural Style by El Sayed Foundation
Sinan: A Great Ottoman Architect and Urban Designer by Rabah Saoud
West African Mosque Architecture – A Brief Introduction by Cleo Cantone
The Seljuk Mausoleum by Rabah Saoud
Al-Hambra Palace and the river of paradise by Rabah Saoud
