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The mosque : history, architectural development & regional diversity / edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan ; texts by Mohammad Al-Asad ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Publication details: London: Thames & Hudson, 2002.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9780500283455 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA4670  .M67 2002
Contents:

Includes bibliographical references (p.279-282) and index.

Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dogæan Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Fernández-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O'Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / Gülru Necipoæglu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O'Neill -- The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun.

Originally published in 1994.

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