{"product_id":"islam-from-medina-to-the-maghreb-and-from-the-indies-to-istanbul-architecture-in-context-9781138038899","title":"Islam From Medina to the Maghreb and from the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Prophet Muhammad  acknowledged by his followers to have been the hand with which God wrote his definitive Word enshrined in the Koran  was born into the Quraishi tribe at Mecca c. 570 and died in Medina in 632. The great religion founded on that Word, which first claimed the submission (Islam) of the Arabs, rapidly expanded across North Africa, into southern Europe and east as far as China. This book examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture. With its source in the ubiquitous courtyard house, the development of the mosque as both place of worship and the centre of the community, its form a response to the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran, was given a range of forms as Islam came up against the traditions of Egypt, Persia, India and China. The tradition developed further in tombs, palaces and fortifications, all of which are described and illustrated here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story continues with the glorious architecture of the Timurids, Sa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The greatest value of this fine study lies in its enormous and detailed range, encompassing not only the Islamic heartlands, but traditions as diverse as those of the sultanates of North Africa, the earliest Moslem dynasties of India and the legacy of Tamerlane. A prodigious labour of love.'\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eColin Thubron\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003e Part 1: Dar Al-Islam\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 Ascendancy of the Caliphate and the Assertion of Orthodoxy 1.2 Decadence of the Caliphate: Shi’ite Challenge 1.3 Sunni Reaction: Caliphate and Sultanate \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Beyond the Western Pale\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1. Cordoban Caliphate 2.2. Moroccan Sultanates 2.3. Andalusian Enclaves \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Dar Al-Islam Divided\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.1 The Central Axis of the Turks 3.2: The Orbit of Iran \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Beyond The Eastern Pale\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.1. Afghans, Turks and Their Delhi Sultanate 4.2. Regional Gravity 4.3. The Mughals: Advent 4.4. The Deccan: The Qutbshahi and Adilshahi Sultanates 4.5. The Mughals: Apogee \u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue: Hindustani Syncretism\u003c\/strong\u003e Glossary Further Reading Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407211471191,"sku":"9781138038899","price":50.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/islam-from-medina-to-the-maghreb-and-from-the-indies-to-istanbul-architecture-in-context-9781138038899","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}