| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Art and faith -- 1. Origins: a gift from God -- The crucible : the age of the Prophet -- No deity but God : the faith of submission -- 2. The empire of Islam : the Umayyads and 'Abbasids -- Inheritors of Byzantium : the Umayyad Caliphate -- Special feature : The Dome of the Rock : a mysterious masterpiece -- The GoIden Age : the ʻAbbasids and their vassals -- 3. Imams, princes, and Sultans : rivals of the 'Abbasids -- Shiʼism triumphant : the Fatimid Caliphate -- Lords of the citadel : the Ayyubids -- Special feature : Illuminating the Quran : the glorious word of God -- From slaves to sultans : the Mamluks -- Special feature : Sultan Hasan, Cairo : building to impress -- 4. Fusion in the west : Iberia and the Maghreb -- Spirit of coexistence : the Umayyads in Spain -- Lords of the Maghreb : Almoravids, Almohads, and Marinids -- Iberian twilight : the Nasrids in Spain -- Special feature : The Alhambra : last bastion of Muslim Spain -- Mud mosques of the desert : Sub-Saharan Africa -- |
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5. Sultan and Shah : Iran and Central Asia -- Iran for the Iranians : the Samanids and Buyids -- Iran for the Turks : the Ghaznavids and Seljuks -- Special feature : Seljuk ceramics and metalwork : riches of the earth -- Heirs of Chingis Khan : the coming of the Mongols -- Special feature : Siyah Qalam : the master of the black pen -- Lords of Samarqand : Timur and his successors -- Special feature : Persian manuscript : Painting : the art of the book -- The shahs of Isfahan : the glories of Safavid Iran -- Special feature : Isfahan : the splendor of "half the world" -- 6. Principality to empire : Islam in Anatolia -- Sultans of rum : the Seljuks in Anatolia -- Imperial splendor : the glories of the Ottomans -- Special feature : Selimiye mosque : Sinan's architectural paradise -- 7. Overlords of the Orient : South Asia and the Far East -- Islam in India : the Delhi Sultanate -- Conflict and coexistence : the Mughals -- Special feature : The Taj Mahal : imperial monument to love -- A wind in the East : Islam in China and Southeast Asia -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments and picture credits. |
| Subject |
Islamic art -- History.
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Islamic architecture -- History.
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Islamic Empire -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781844834839 |
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1844834832 |
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