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Book SynopsisProfessor Hillenbrand has written extensively over the last twenty-five years on Islamic architecture from Spain to India and from the seventh to the twentieth century. He has paid consistent attention to the architecture of Iran, focusing particularly on the Saljuq period (11th-12th centuries), but has also worked on Umayyad monuments in the Levant between 660 and 750 A.D., a period when Islamic architecture came of age. Apart from recording unfamiliar buildings, he has increasingly concerned himself with the iconographic significance of Muslim buildings
The papers in these two volumes closely reflect these interests. Some present primary material, others attempt to explore the achievements of a specific period or dynasty while yet others analyse the religious, royal, or political context of an important monument or school of architecture. The opportunity has been taken to add illustrations to articles, and to provide additional notes and a comprehensive index.
Table of ContentsSafavid Architecture
The Islamic Architecture of Persia
Islamic Monuments in Northern Iran
Mosques and Mausolea in Khurasan and Central Iran
Saljuq Monuments in Iran I
Saljuq Monuments in Iran II. The 'Pir' Mausoleum at Takistan
The Development of Saljuq Mausolea in Iran
Kazwin. II. Monuments
Saljuq Monuments in Iran III. The Domed Masjid-i Gami' at Sugas
Saljuq Dome Chambers in North-West Iran
Saljuq Monuments in Iran IV. The Mosques of Nushabad
The Use of Glazed Tilework in Iranian Islamic Architecture
Abarquh. II. Monuments
The Flanged Tomb Tower at Bastam
The Role of Tradition in Qajar Religious Architecture
Archaeology. VI. Islamic Iran
Architecture. VI. Islamic, Safavid to Qajar
Ardestan. II. Monuments
Ashtarjan
Saljuq Monuments in Iran V. The Imamzada Nur, Gurgan
Aspects of Timurid Architecture in Central Asia
Abbasid Mosques in Iran
Mazandaran
Domestic Architecture in Nineteenth-century Iran: the Manzil-i Sartip Sidihi near Isfahan
A Safavid Tile Panel
Nishapur. Some Early Islamic Buildings and their Decoration
The Mausoleum of 'A'isha Bibi and the Central Asian
Tradition of Funerary Architecture
Reviews of L. Bier, Sarvistan
Y. Kiani, The Islamic City of Gurgan
Additional Notes
Index
