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  2. Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    The best known style of Indo-Islamic architecture is Mughal architecture, mostly built between about 1560 and 1720. Early Mughal architecture developed from existing Indo-Islamic architecture but also followed the model of Timurid architecture, due in part to the Timurid ancestry of the Mughal dynasty's founder, Babur.

  3. Umayyad architecture - Wikipedia

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    Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine.It drew extensively on the architecture of older Middle Eastern and Mediterranean civilizations including the Sassanian Empire and especially the Byzantine Empire, but introduced innovations in decoration and form.

  4. List of the oldest mosques - Wikipedia

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    The oldest identifiable Islamic building in Afghanistan. [103] Construction dated to either the 9th century [104] or to 794. [105] Jamia Masjid, Banbhore Banbhore, Sindh Pakistan: 727: This is the oldest mosque of Pakistan which is located in Bhambore. [106] Also believed to be the first mosque in South Asia. [107] Built after the conquest of ...

  5. Alhambra - Wikipedia

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    The Alhambra (/ æ l ˈ h æ m b r ə /, Spanish:; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء, romanized: al-ḥamrāʼ ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Spain.It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world, in addition to containing notable examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture.

  6. Moorish architecture - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Scholarly references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition in terms such as architecture of the Islamic West [2] [1] [3] or architecture of the Western Islamic lands. [4] [5] [3] The use of the term "Moorish" comes from the historical Western European designation of the Muslim inhabitants of these regions ...

  7. Indo-Islamic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence in Sindh , the development of Indo-Islamic architecture began in earnest with the establishment of Delhi as the capital of the Ghurid dynasty in 1193. [ 1 ]

  8. Green Dome - Wikipedia

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    The Green Dome (Arabic: ٱَلْقُبَّة ٱلْخَضْرَاء ‎, romanized: al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrāʾ, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.ɡʊb.ba al.xadˤ.ra]) is a green-coloured dome built above the tombs of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the early Rashidun Caliphs Abu Bakr (r.

  9. Mamluk architecture - Wikipedia

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    Islamic architecture in Cairo : an introduction. Leiden et al.: Brill. pp. 161-162. ISBN 9004086773. Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2007). Cairo of the Mamluks: A History of Architecture and its Culture. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774160776. Blair, Sheila; Bloom, Jonathan M. (1995). The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250 ...