mosque

Examples of mosque in the following topics:

• Islamic Architecture

  • The principal Islamic architectural example is the Mosque.
  • The early mosques are believed to be inspired by Muhammad's home in Medina, which had served as the first mosque.
  • The Great Mosque of Kairouan (in Tunisia) is one of the best preserved and most significant examples of early great mosques.
  • Dome of the mihrab (9th century) in the Great Mosque of Kairouan, also known as the Mosque of Uqba, in Kairouan, Tunisia
  • The Great Mosque of Kairouan (in Tunisia) is considered as the ancestor of all the mosques in the western Islamic world.

• Architecture of Djenne

  • Djenné, once a thriving town in Mali, is known for its Great Mosque, Sudanese-style mud-brick architecture.
  • Its Great Mosque was an important center of religious life.
  • The town is famous for its distinctive Sudanese-style mud-brick architecture, most notably the Great Mosque.
  • The rise of Islam witnessed a steady construction of mosques in the region.
  • Similar styles are evident in mosques in Ghana and Tunisia.

• Ottoman Empire

  • Byzantine styles as seen in the Hagia Sophia served as particularly important models for Ottoman mosques, such as the mosque constructed by Sinan.
  • They incorporated vaults, domes, square dome plans, slender corner minarets, and columns into their mosques, which became sanctuaries of transcendently aesthetic and technical balance.
  • Kulliye, a complex of buildings centered around a mosque and managed within a single institution, became a particular focus of imperial patronage.
  • Examples of the high classical period can be found in Turkey, the Balkans, Hungary, Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, where mosques, bridges, fountains, and schools were built.
  • A particularly fine example of an Ottoman mosque is the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, built between 1568 and 1574.

• Safavid Dynasty

  • Finally, architecture flourished in the Safavid Dynasty, attaining a high point with the building program of Shah Abbas in Isfahan, which included numerous gardens, palaces (such as Ali Qapu), an immense bazaar, and a large imperial mosque .
  • Isfahan, the capital of both the Seljuk and Safavid dynasties, bears the most prominent samples of the Safavid architecture, such as the the Imperial Mosque, Masjid-e Shah, the Imam Mosque, the Lutfallah Mosque, and the Royal Palace, which were all constructed in the years after Shah Abbas I permanently moved the capital there in 1598.

• Architecture of the Mughal Period

  • Early Mughal architecture first developed during the reign of Akbar the Great (1556 - 1605), who commissioned palaces, mosques, gardens, and mausoleums.
  • The mosque at Fatehpur Sikri boasts the Buland Darwaza, the largest gateway of its kind in India.
  • Early Mughal mosques had massive enclosed courtyards and domed shallow prayer halls.
  • Jahangir's great mosque at Lahore is a good example of the Persian style and is covered with enameled tiles.
  • Aurangzeb was responsible for additions to the Lahore Fort; building one of the thirteen gates, which was named for him; and building the Badshahi mosque, a structure constructed from brick with red sandstone facades.

• Islamic Glass Making

  • Some of the finest work was in mosque lamps donated by a ruler or wealthy man.
  • By about 1500, the Venetians were receiving large orders for mosque lamps..
  • Some of the finest work was in mosque lamps donated by a ruler or wealthy man.
  • By about 1500, the Venetians were receiving large orders for mosque lamps.

• The Java Culture

  • Throughout their long history, the Javanese have produced many important buildings, ranging from Hindu monuments, Buddhist stupa, mortuary temples, palace complexes, and mosques.
  • Traditional mosques in Java maintain a distinctive Javanese style with both the pendopo and a trapezoidal roof, rather than the more typical dome and minarets.
  • The split gate from earlier Hindu-Buddhist period is still used in many mosques and public buildings in Java.
  • Some notable examples of mosques using traditional Javanese architecture include the mosques at Agung Demak, Menara Kudus, and Banten.

• Mughal Dynasty

  • Shah Jahan erected many splendid monuments, including the Pearl Mosque (a mosque for members of the royal court), the Red Fort (a royal palace), the Jama Masjid of Delhi (the principal mosque of Old Delhi), and the Lahore Fort (a citadel of the city of Lahore).

• The East

  • Axial symmetry is a characteristic of all major Timurid structures, notably the Shah-e Zendah in Samarkand and the mosque of Gowhar Shad in Mashhad.
  • This symmetry extended to the building of an entire mirror mosque in red sandstone to complement the Mecca-facing mosque place to the west of the main structure.

• Luxury Arts

  • Apart from the ever-present calligraphic inscriptions, specifically religious art is actually less prominent in Islamic art than in Western medieval art, with the exception of Islamic architecture where mosques and their complexes of surrounding buildings are the most common remains.
  • The calligraphy and decoration of manuscript Qur'ans is an important aspect, but other religious art like glass mosque lamps and other mosque fittings such as tiles, woodwork, and carpets usually have the same style and motifs as contemporary secular art, although religious inscriptions are even more prominent.