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	Islamic Architecture - http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ An introduction to Islamic architecture and illustrated descriptions and histories of notable mosques and monuments, together with links to Amazon for the purchase of related books.
	Islamic Architecture - http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html Images and information on outstanding mosques and other examples of monumental Islamic architecture in Spain, the Middle East, India and North Africa, from Great Buildings Online.
	Architecture of Isfahan - http://www.isfahan.org.uk/ Beautiful photography enhances this tour around the Iranian city notable for the Grand Mosque and other buildings around the Great Square, a World Heritage site. By Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University.
	Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library - http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/islamicarchitecture/ Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives.
	Islamic Art Network - http://www.islamic-art.org The Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation provides material on Islamic art and architecture including photographs of Islamic monuments in Cairo.

	Early Islamic Tiles - http://www.anthonyralphgallery.com An on-line exhibition of 14th-17th century decorative tiles collected in 1880-86 by Lockwood de Forest. Scholarly comments by Anthony Slayter-Ralph. Biography of de Forest.
	Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures - http://web.mit.edu/4.614/www/ Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture.
	Islamic Architecture in India - http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/islamic.html Images and historical notes from Shishir Thadani, part of Image India, illustrating the development of Islamic architecture in India.
	Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces - http://cyberistan.org/islamic/zahra.html Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain.
	Arabic and Islamic Architecture - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/arabic_islamic_architecture Articles and a list of reviewed and rated related links from Suite 101.

	Islamic Architecture: An Appreciation - http://www.amaana.org/tajik/sakarchit.htm Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web.
	Shalimar - http://www.telerama.com/~jdehullu/islam/home.htm Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
	Andalusian Architecture - http://www.grapevine.net/~suede/ Nofal Ahmad Al-Abdulali, a Kuwaiti student at the University of Kansas, provides an illustrated history of the Islamic conquest of Spain and the monumental buildings that sprang from it.

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