The Great Mosque of Isfahan [1 ed.] 0814730272, 9780814730270

Guardians of the Mosque: African Palestinians of Jerusalen

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Dancing in the Mosque 9780062970336, 9780062970312

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Beyond the Mosque: Diverse Spaces of Muslim Worship 1788315278, 9781788315272

While mosques are the central house of worship for a majority of Muslims around the world, many of Islam's communit

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Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran: The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz 9780755644902, 9780755644919, 9780755644940, 9780755644926

The exceptional intellectual richness of seventeenth-century Safavid Iran is epitomised by the philosophical school of I

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The Place of the Mosque: Genealogies of Space, Knowledge, and Power 9781793646880, 9781793646873, 1793646880

The Place of the Mosque probes a host of discursive formations—spaces of public assembly and social interaction, quotidi

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Great Battles of the Great War 9781473814721

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Reclaiming the Mosque: The Role of Women in Islam's House of Worship [1 ed.] 9781905837403

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The Making of the Mosque: A Survey of Religious Imperatives (Islamic History and Thought) 9781463207274, 1463207271

In the absence of reliable archaeological evidence, the question of how the mosque was made represents a real challenge.

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Deconstructing the American Mosque: Space, Gender, and Aesthetics 9780292798366

From the avant-garde design of the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City to the simplicity of the Dar al-Islam Mosque

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Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran 9780748633753

This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501–1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and netwo

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