Islam - From Medina to the Magreb and from the Indes to Istanbul

Zusatztext '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.'- Colin Thubron Informationen zum Autor Christopher Tadgell Klappentext The architecture of Islam encompasses a high proportion of the world's most beautiful buildings. This book covers the whole range in unprecedented breadth and depth. Zusammenfassung The architecture of Islam encompasses a high proportion of the world's most beautiful buildings. This book covers the whole range in unprecedented breadth and depth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Dar Al-Islam 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 Part 2: Beyond the Western Pale 2.1. Cordoban Caliphate 2.2. Moroccan Sultanates 2.3. Andalusian Enclaves Part 3: Dar Al-Islam Divided 3.1 The Axis of the Turks 3.2: The Orbit of Iran Part 4: Beyond The Eastern Pale 4.1. Afghans, Turks and Their Delhi Sultanate 4.2. Regional Gravity 4.3. The Mughals: Advent 4.4. The Deccan: The Qutb Shahi and Adil Shahi Sultanates 4.5. The Mughals: Apogee Epilogue: Hindustani Syncretism Glossary. Further Reading. Maps

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Tadgell, Christopher (Independent Art Historian) Tadgell, Tadgell Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415436090
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43609-0
• No. of pages: 674
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 219 mm x 48 mm
• Series: Architecture in Context (Routl; Architecture in Context; Architecture in Context (Routl
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General, Islamic countries