Contents

 

 

 

Introduction



The Spread of Islam

References and Acknowledgements

 

 

625 - 800

 

 

Chapter 1

 

From Mecca to the Omayyad Desert Palaces



640 - 740

 

 

Chapter 2

 

Abbasid North Africa to Seldjuk Anatolia

 

 

750 - 1300

 



Chapter 3



Alhambra to Ilkhanid Persia

 

 



1171 - 1660

 

 

Chapter 4

 

Timurid Samarkand to Janid Bukhara

 

 

1378 - 1712

 

 

Chapter 5

 

Ottoman Turkey

 

 

1290 -1532

 

 

Chapter 6

 

Minmar Sinan’s Architecture

 

1539 – 1588

 

 

 

Chapter 7

 

Ottoman Architecture after Sinan  

 


1609 – 1784

 

 

Chapter 8

 

Safavid Iran

 


 

1502 - 1736

 

 

Chapter 9

 

Mughal India and Pakistan,  China

 

 

1220 – 1858

 

Timeline

Timeline of the History, Dynasties, and Styles of Islamic Architecture