Islamic Architecture Quiz

It is also called MUSLIM, MUHAMMADAN, SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE

Belief in Allah, Muhammad as a prophet

It is a distinct building type

it believed that object of life is to live in a way that is pleasing to Allah so that one may gain Paradise

What are the features of Islamic Architecture?

Supports under the domes.

A "Stalactite" decoration of icicle like elements hanging from the ceiling

Its a Muslim building or place of public worship

MOSQUE is also called ________ or _________

The four levels of prayers.

The ultimate architectural espression of the ottoman Kulliye, by Ar. Sinan

General term for a mosque and also a mosque used for daily prayers by individuals or small groups.

it has MIHRAB but no MINBAR

congregational or friday mosque and used for the main weekly services.

Usually larger than Masjid and provided with a Minbar

a place of community prayer and it has great open praying area with nothing but QUIBLA wall and MIHRAB

Its a teaching mosque

Tower attached to the mosque, where muezzin calls the Muslim people to prayer

large vaulted portal opening onto the central courtyard of a mosque

pulpit from which the imam delivers his sermons

niche or decorative panel

wall in a mosque in which the mihrab is set, oriented to Mecca

Atrium

Fountain for washing befote prayers

COLONNADE

Reading desk

screen, protective barrier of the minbar

Also called Masjid Al-Haram . The largest Mosque in the world . Site of the Haj Pilgrimage

Located in Jerusalem. It is influenced by Byzantine Architecture. It used as a shrine for pilgrims and its center is the sacred rock from which Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven. And it has octagonal in Plan

“House of God” • Small cubical stone building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca • Contains a sacred black stone • Objective of their Pilgrimage • The point toward which they turn in praying

Earliest surviving large mosque . Built in 705-711AD . Stood in a walled Temenos

Structural Systems and decorations adapted from classical antiquity and combined with Islamic Architecture

Building of large Mosques and elaborate fortress- palaces

Islamic Architecture of North Africa

Crown Palace • Built by Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal • Placed on a chahar bagh, a platform at the end of a walled garden divided by canals.

The marble façade is decorated with floral motifs and a type of inlay called

using cut, fitted and polished colored stones to create images.

hall of Private Audience

Divided by overhanging mouldings called Chajja

the hall of Public Audience

Forerunner of Taj Mahal, oldest of the Mughal monuments.

Capital of the Mughal Empire; built by Emperor Akbar

One of the biggest in India; at the center of the court is the tomb of Shaikh Salim, a Sufi Saint.

Indo-Islamic. Blended traditions from India and Islam and it is golden Age of Islamic Architecture in Northern India