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Home > Arts > Architecture > Building Types > Religious > Islamic > History

Mosques over 50 years old. The history of mosques.

Subcategories

• Dome of the Rock
• Sinan

Resources in This Category

• Islamic Architecture Tutorial

  http://gallery.sjsu.edu/IslamicTutorial/
  An on-line tutorial from San Jose State University focussed on the architecture of the Ottoman Empire, and other buildings with great significance in Islam, organized on a timeline.

• Mosque

  http://i-cias.com/e.o/mosque.htm
  Tore Kjeilen explains the significance of the mosque to Muslims, its history, development and use, in an article for the Encyclopaedia of the Orient.

• Mosque of Amr Ibn El-As

  http://touregypt.net/AmrIbnMosque.htm
  The Egyptian Tourism Ministry provides an illustrated history and description of the oldest mosque in Egypt, founded in 642 AD and rebuilt several times subsequently.

• Mosques

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/mosque.html
  Great Buildings Online provides images and information on famous mosques in Turkey, Syria and North Africa.

• Mosques Around the World

  http://www.islamicity.com/Culture/Mosques/
  IslamiCity presents photographs of outstanding mosques, both historic and modern, arranged by continent.

• Saigon's Mosque

  http://www.angelfire.com/vt/vietnamesemuslims/saimosq.html
  Photographs and brief history of this mosque built in 1935 by Indian Muslim traders.

• Sinan Mosques in Istanbul

  http://newmanservices.com/turkey/sinan.asp
  Chuck Newman's photographs of his tour around the mosques designed by the famed 16th-century architect.

• Wikipedia: Great Mosque of Djenné

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Djenn%C3%A9
  Information on the world's largest mud-brick building, in Mali. Sections on its history, design and significance, plus pictures.

• Wikipedia: Suleiman Mosque

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleymaniye_Mosque
  Illustrated history and description from the online collaborative encyclopedia of this grand mosque in Istanbul, built on the order of Suleiman I to a design by Sinan which reflected the nearby Hagia Sophia.

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