Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (1996)

  • Abbasids
  • ablaq
  • Afghanistan
  • Agades
  • Aghlabids
  • Aghlabids
  • Agra
  • Ahmadabad
  • Ajdabiya
  • ajimez
  • al-Aqmar Mosque
  • al-Azhar
  • Albania
  • Albania
  • albarrani
  • Aleppo
  • Algeria
  • Algiers
  • Alhambra
  • Almohad architecture
  • Almohads
  • Amman
  • Anjar
  • apadana
  • arasta
  • arch
  • artesonado
  • avulu
  • ayina kari
  • Ayyubids
  • Azerbayjan
  • azulejo
  • badger
  • bagh
  • Baghdad
  • Bahrain
  • Baku
  • Banbhore
  • Bangala
  • Bangladesh
  • Basra
  • bayt
  • bayt al-mal
  • bazar
  • bedestan
  • Bengal
  • beteng
  • Bijapur
  • birka
  • blazon
  • Bosnia
  • brickwork
  • Bukhara
  • Bulgaria
  • burj
  • Bursa
  • Byzantine architecture
  • Cairo
  • cami
  • caravanserai
  • çarşi
  • Central Asia
  • çeşme
  • chahar bagh
  • chajja
  • char bagh
  • Char Minar
  • char su or char tag
  • char-chala
  • chatri
  • chauk
  • China
  • coral
  • Cordoba
  • Cordoba Great Mosque
  • Crusader architecture
  • Cyprus
  • dam
  • Damascus
  • Damascus Great Mosque
  • dar
  • dar al-imara
  • dargah
  • Deccan
  • Delhi
  • dershane
  • desert
  • diwan
  • diwan-i amm
  • diwan-i khass
  • Diyarbakir
  • Djenne
  • do-chala
  • dome
  • Dome of the Rock
  • domical vault
  • dukka
  • East Africa
  • Edirne
  • Egypt
  • Fatehpur Sikri
  • Fatimids
  • Fez
  • Firuzabad
  • Firuzabad
  • fortification
  • France
  • Fulbe
  • funduq
  • Fustat
  • Gao
  • gardens
  • Gedi
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gok Madrassa
  • Gol Gumbaz
  • Granada
  • Great Britain
  • Greece
  • Gujarat
  • guldasta
  • gunbad
  • Hadramawt
  • Hagia Sophia
  • Hajj routes
  • Hajji PiY.adi Balkh Mosque
  • hammam
  • hammam
  • haram
  • Haramayn
  • haremlik
  • Harran
  • Hassan Fathy
  • haud
  • Hausa
  • hauz
  • hayr
  • hazarbaf
  • hazira
  • Heraqlah
  • Herat
  • hosh
  • hujra
  • Hungary
  • hunkar mahfil
  • Hyderabad
  • hypostyle
  • idgah
  • imamzadeh
  • Imaret
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Isfahan
  • Israel
  • Istanbul
  • Iwan
  • jali
  • jami
  • jami masjid
  • jarokha
  • Java
  • Ka’ba
  • Kano
  • Karaman
  • Kashmir
  • Kenya
  • keshk
  • khan
  • Khan Atshan
  • khanqah
  • Kharana
  • khatta
  • Khirbet al-Mafjar
  • Khirbet al-Minya
  • Kilwa
  • kiosk
  • konak
  • Konya
  • kraton
  • Kubadabad Palace
  • Kufa
  • kuliyye
  • Kuwait
  • Lahore
  • Lamu
  • Lashkari Bazar
  • lbn Tulun Mosque
  • Lebanon
  • Libiya
  • llkhanids
  • lznik tilework
  • ma’adhana
  • machicolation
  • madafa
  • Madinat al-Zahra’
  • madrassa
  • mahal
  • Mahdiya
  • maidan
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Mamluks
  • Manda
  • mandal
  • manding
  • manzil
  • maq’ad
  • maqbara
  • maqsura
  • Marakesh
  • Mardin
  • maristan
  • marqad
  • mashhad
  • mashrabiya
  • masjid
  • mastaba
  • mathara
  • mazar
  • Mecca
  • medina
  • Medina
  • Meknes
  • Merida
  • Merv
  • mescit
  • mihrab
  • mimar
  • minaret
  • minbar
  • Mogadishu
  • Monastir
  • Morocco
  • mosaics
  • mosque
  • Mosque of al-Hakim
  • Mosque of Amr
  • Mshatta
  • mud brick
  • Mughals
  • muhtasib
  • mulqaf
  • muquarnas
  • musalla
  • nahr
  • namazgah
  • naqqarkhana
  • Natanz
  • Nilometer
  • nine-domed mosque
  • Nishapur
  • ocak
  • Oman
  • Ottomans
  • Oualata
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Persia
  • Philippines
  • pise
  • pishtaq
  • qa’a
  • qabr
  • qabrstan
  • Qairawan
  • qal’a
  • Qal’at Banu Hammad
  • qanat
  • qasaba
  • qasr
  • Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi
  • Qasr al-Hayr ar-sharqi
  • Qasr al-Hayr East
  • Qasr al-Hayr West
  • Qatar
  • qibla
  • qubba
  • Qusayr Amra
  • Qutb Minar and Mosque
  • Rabat
  • Ramla
  • Raqqa
  • Rauza
  • Red Fort
  • riad
  • ribat
  • Ribat-i Sharaf
  • Sabil
  • Saffavid
  • sahn
  • Samarkand
  • Samarra
  • Sanna
  • saqaqa
  • sardivan
  • Sassanians
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sawma’a
  • sebil
  • Selimiye
  • semahane
  • seref
  • Seville
  • Sfax
  • Shahr-i Sabz
  • Shanga
  • shish mahal
  • Sicily
  • Siileymaniye
  • Sinan
  • Singapore
  • Siraf
  • Somalia
  • Songhay
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • squinch
  • stucco
  • Sudan
  • Sultan Hasan Mosque
  • Sumatra
  • Susa
  • Syria
  • tabhane
  • Taj Mahal
  • talar
  • taman
  • Tanzania
  • taq
  • tekke
  • tilework
  • Timbuktu
  • Timurids
  • Tlemcen
  • Toledo
  • Tomb of Badr al-Jamali
  • Tomb of the Abbasid caliphs
  • Topkapi Palace
  • toron
  • Tripoli
  • Tripoli
  • Tulunids
  • Tunis
  • Tunisia
  • turba
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukhaidhir
  • ulu cami
  • Umayyads
  • United Arab Emirates (UAE)
  • United States of America (USA)
  • Urgench
  • Uzbekistan
  • wakala
  • waqf
  • Wasit
  • West Africa
  • Yasavi
  • Ye il Cami
  • Yemen
  • yurt
  • zanana
  • Zanzibar
  • Zaragoza
  • zawiya
  • zigara
  • zilij
  • ziyada
  • ziyaret
  • zulla

Source Citation

Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. New York City, New York: Routledge. 1996.