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The <em>Dictionary of Islamic Architecture</em> provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era.<br> Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest.<br> Four main categories of subject matter are explored:<br> * <strong>dynastic</strong> and <strong>regional overviews</strong><br> * individual <strong>site descriptions</strong><br> * <strong>biographical entries</strong><br> * <strong>technical definitions</strong><br> Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry <strong>bibliographies</strong>.
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- Author
- Andrew Petersen
- Publisher
- London ; New York: Routledge
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781135002879
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Reference, Science, Islam
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