Afghanistan, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Afghanistan, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Ball, Warwick

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059845
Doc. NO	:	ALei242
Main Entry	:	Ball, Warwick
Title & Author	:	Afghanistan, art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Ball, Warwick
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,665 words)
Abstract	:	Illustration 1. Mosque of Nuh Gunbad at Balkh: plan. Illustration 2. Mosque of Nuh Gunbad at Balkh: stucco decoration. Art and architecture in what is today Afghanistan has been distinguished by the development of a number of key Islamic building types. One of the earliest mosques in the eastern Iranian world is the late third/ninth-century mosque of Nuh Gunbad (“nine domes”) outside Balkh (Illustrations 1 and 2). This structure is square and consists of eight equally spaced domes surrounding a ninth, central dome (effectively a chahār ṭāq in
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei242.pdf