02264cam a2200289 i 4500 295977632 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 071203s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780415436090 hbk. $99.95 0415436095 hbk. $99.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Tadgell, Christopher, 1939- Islam [BOOK] : from Medina to the Magreb and from the Indies to Istanbul / Christopher Tadgell. Abingdon : Routledge, 2008. vi, 668 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Architecture in context ; 3 Includes bibliographical references and index. Islam: Introduction -- Part 1: Dar Al-Islam -- Ascendancy of the Caliphate and the Assertion of Orthodoxy -- Decadence of the Caliphate: Shiite Challenge -- Sunni Reaction: Caliphate and Sultanate -- Part 2: Beyond the Western Pale -- Cordoban caliphate -- Moroccan sultanates -- Andalusian enclaves -- Part 3: Dar Al-Islam Divided -- The Axis of the Turks -- The Orbit of Iran -- Part 4: Beyond The Eastern Pale -- Afghans, Turks and their Delhi sultanate -- Regional gravity -- The Mughals: advent -- The Deccan: the Qutb Shahi and Adil Shahi sultanates --The Mughals: apogee -- Epilogue: Hindustani syncretism. This book examines the architectural tradition which developed with the religious culture of Islam. Essentially heir to the Roman development of space, it had its source in the ubiquitous courtyard house, while the development of the mosque as both place of worship and the centre of the community, its form a response to the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran, was given a range of forms as the conquests of Islam came up against the traditions of Egypt, Persia, India and China. The tradition developed further in tombs, palaces and fortifications, all of which are described and illustrated here.--from publisher description. 20100107. Islamic architecture. Architecture in context ; 3.