INTRODUCTION TO

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

PRESENTED BY
PRESENTED TO ASHISH CHAUHAN
AR. KAJAL GARG ZUBAIR
 ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
 Islamic architecture can be defined as a building tradition
of muslim population of the middle east and any countries
where Islam has been dominant from 7th century on.
 In Islamic architecture invention concentrate in three
major construction
 The mosque
 Tomb
 palaces
 BUILDING TERMNOLOGY
 MOSQUE : ISLAMIC PLACE OF WORSHIP
 JAMI: A place for offering
Friday prayer.
 MADARSAH: Public school
 CASBAH/
CITADIL: A
fortress
HAMAM: A structural design
for hot bathhouse
MADARSAH
HAMAM
BUILDING TERMNOLOGY
 CARVANSERAI: A roadside inn for travellars.
 MAUSOLEUM: A tomb or monument
 RAUZA: A large mausoleum which also includes a
mosque as a separate building.
 DARGAH: Important tomb of novels.

DARGAH
MOSQUE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENT
ELEMENTS OF Islamic architecture may be identified with the
following design elements, which were inherited from the first
mosque built by hall (originally a feature of the Masjid al- Nabawi):
 Minarets or towers
 Iwan
 Mihrab
 Arches
 Courtyards(sahn)
 Prayer area hall
 Domes and cupolas
MOSQUE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENT
 MINARETS : A large tall tower in or continous to
a mosque arch stair leading up to one or more
balconies.
 Also from which the faithful are called to prayer.
MOSQUE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENT
 IWAN: In india it is on eastern side of mosque and is decorated
beautifully with mosaic, calligraphy on (entrance gate) motifs etc.
 MIHRAB: semicircular niche

in the wall of a
mosque that indicate
the qibla.
the drawing along side
give us idea about the plan
elevation and section of a
typical mihrab in islamic
architecture.
 iwan
mihrab
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ELEMENT
 ARCHES : Arches are the structure that spans
a space while supporting weight.
 The most important form of opening was the
pointed arch which were principally two and
four centered.

showing an example of showing a four-centered arch

a two-centred arch.
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ELEMENT
 Courtyards(sahn):Is a fundamental feature
and can be seen as different variations.
 According to their function the courtyards
were cloistered and arcaded and the sides
were punctuated with gateways, prayer
chambers or arched porches (iwans).
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ELEMENT
 Prayer area halls: main
area to perform
congregational pray.
 Domes And Cupolas:
Domes were widely used
throughout the Islamic
world ; Persia, Mughals and
Egypt domes tended to be
pointed in contrast to the
hemispherical Turkish
version.
MOSQUE ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENT
 WATER: placed at the centre of the central
courtyard which is used before entring the holy
main building mosque.
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