Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early...

Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence...

references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition in terms such as architecture of the Islamic West or architecture of the Western...

military conquest. This architectural heritage includes ancient Roman sites, historic Islamic architecture, local vernacular architecture, 20th-century French...

was extremely important in Islamic architectural decoration as the relatively dry climate throughout much of the Islamic world made it easy to use this...

Islamic art is a part of Islamic culture and encompasses the visual arts produced since the 7th century CE by people who lived within territories inhabited...

Chinese Islamic architecture, Sino-Islamic architecture, or Islamic architecture of China are terms used to indicate the architectural tradition and cultural...

of coastal trade, the Islamic architecture and Christian architecture harmoniously blends with indigenous Kerala architecture styles. The characteristic...

has always been its architecture. The supremacy of architecture applies to both pre- and post-Islamic periods. Iranian architecture displays great variety...

changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans. Much early Indian architecture was in wood, which has almost always decayed or...

major Islamic kingdom in India was the Delhi Sultanate, which led to the development of Indo-Islamic architecture, combining Indian and Islamic features...

main architectural traditions: local Indo-Islamic architecture, the architecture of Islamic Persia and Central Asia, and indigenous Hindu architecture. Because...

Islamic-influenced architecture in South Asia Indo-Islamic architecture (1204–1857) Mughal architecture (1526–1707) Turkey Anatolian Seljuk architecture (1071–1299)...

The terms Islamic world and Muslim world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere...

popular feature of palace architecture in the Islamic world because water and greenery were associated with images of paradise in Islam.: 65–66, 69–70  Scholars...

foreign influences of Islamic architecture, as alternative to Javanese style already popular in the archipelago. The Indo-Islamic and Moorish style are...

the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne (Turkey) Islamic architecture began in the 7th century, incorporating architectural forms from the ancient Middle East and...

gongbei, the gongbei is set apart from the other two. Islam in China Chinese Islamic architecture Lipman, Jonathan Neaman (1998). Familiar strangers: a...

(2009). "Architecture; V. c. 900–c. 1250; A. Eastern Islamic lands; 2. Iran, c. 1050–c. 1250.". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol...

roughly the 5th to 7th centuries. The architecture of pre-Islamic Sogdia most likely influenced later Islamic architecture in the region, particularly during...

originate in Gothic architecture; they had been employed for centuries in the Near East in pre-Islamic as well as Islamic architecture for arches, arcades...

Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a...

stylistic and decorative elements from native Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Mughal architecture, which the British regarded as the classic Indian...

that follows artistic conventions and is often used for Islamic religious texts, architecture, and decoration. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and...

pre-Islamic Persian Empire before the Muslim conquest. Much of Sasanian architecture was adopted by Muslims and became part of Islamic architecture. The...

mosque as the focal point of the Islamic city. The Prophet's Mosque is considered by some scholars of Islamic architecture to be the first mosque. The mosque...

Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and...

2010 to historian of Islamic art and architecture Oleg Grabar. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV established the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1977. At the time...

the Islamic and Christian worlds." Gladiss, Almut von (2011). "The Ottoman Empire: Architecture". In Hattstein, Markus; Delius, Peter (eds.). Islam: Art...

Abbasid architecture was an important formative stage in wider Islamic architecture. The early caliphate's great power and unity allowed architectural features...