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- Andalusian Architecture - Nofal Ahmad Al-Abdulali, a Kuwaiti student at the University of Kansas, provides an illustrated history of the Islamic conquest of Spain and the monumental buildings that sprang from it.
- Arabic and Islamic Architecture - Articles and a list of reviewed and rated related links from Suite 101.
- Architecture of Isfahan - Beautiful photography enhances this tour around the Iranian city notable for the Grand Mosque and other buildings around the Great Square, a World Heritage site. By Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University.
- Early Islamic Tiles - An on-line exhibition of 14th-17th century decorative tiles collected in 1880-86 by Lockwood de Forest. Scholarly comments by Anthony Slayter-Ralph. Biography of de Forest.
- Islamic Architecture - An introduction to Islamic architecture and illustrated descriptions and histories of notable mosques and monuments, together with links to Amazon for the purchase of related books.
- Islamic Architecture - Images and information on outstanding mosques and other examples of monumental Islamic architecture in Spain, the Middle East, India and North Africa, from Great Buildings Online.
- Islamic Architecture: An Appreciation - Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web.
- Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library - Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives.
- Islamic Architecture in India - Images and historical notes from Shishir Thadani, part of Image India, illustrating the development of Islamic architecture in India.
- Islamic Art Network - The Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation provides material on Islamic art and architecture including photographs of Islamic monuments in Cairo.
- Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures - Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture.
- Shalimar - Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
- Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces - Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.
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