Main entry:

Tadgell, Christopher, 1939-

Title & Author:

Islam : from Medina to the Magreb and from the Indies to Istanbul / Christopher Tadgell.

Publication:

Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Description:

vi, 668 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm

Series:

Architecture in context ; 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 652) and index.
Islam : introduction -- Part I. Dar al-Islam : 1.1. Ascendancy of the caliphate and the assertion of orthodoxy : The Umayyads of Damascus ; The early Abbasids ; Turks in Egypt and Ifriqiya -- 1.2. Decadence of the caliphate: Shi'ite challenge : Iranians ; The Fatimids -- 1.3. Sunni reaction: caliphate and sultanate : The great Seljuks and Iran ; Servants of the Seljuks: Zengids and Ayyubids ; The Seljuks of Rum -- Part II. Beyond the western pale : Cordoban caliphate ; Moroccan sultanates ; Andalusian enclaves -- Part III. Dar al-Islam divided : 3.1. The axis of the Turks : The Mamluks of Egypt and Syria ; Anatolia and the advent of the Ottomans ; Ottoman empire -- 3.2. The orbit of Iran : Ilkhanids ; The Timurids and their successors in Transoxiana ; Safavid Iran -- Part IV. Beyond the eastern pale : Afghans, Turks and their Delhi sultanate ; Regional gravity ; The Mughals: advent ; The Deccan: the Qutbshahi and Adilshahi sultanates ; The Mughals: apogee -- Epilogue : Hindustani syncretism.
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Summary:

"This book examines the architectural traditions that evolved to accommodate the institutions of Islam as the religion swept across North Africa, southern Europe and east as far as China following the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 C.E. With its source in the courtyard house, the mosque as place of worship and centre of the community adopted a range of forms as Islam came up against the traditions of Egypt, Persia and China and employed architects and craftsmen from Spain to India and beyond."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780415436090 (hbk.)
0415436095 (hbk.)

Subject:

Islamic architecture.
Architecture islamique.
20.50 Islamic art.
Arquitectura musulmana
Architektur
Islamische Architektur
Islamische Staaten

Added entries:

Tadgell, Christopher, 1939- Architecture in context ; 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257587
Call No.: BIB 188110
Status: Available