The mosque : history, architectural development & regional diversity / edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan ; texts by Mohammad Al-Asad ...[et al.] - 1st pbk. ed. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2002. - 288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 31 cm.

Originally published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index.

Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dog♯¿n Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Fern©Łndez-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O'Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / G©ơlru Necipo♯¿lu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O'Neill -- The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun.

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Mosques.
Mosques--History.
Islamic architecture.

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