Islamic Architecture

munda · #1 Posted **Sep 4, 2009, 1:29 AM**

here are more then a few pictures of Islamic architecture from around the world.
i dont really have a source for it because i got it from a torrent site. the torrent site is http://www.islamictorrents.net/details.php?id=18379. i hope this helps. its about over 200 pictures. the torrent i got it from had about 500 pictures but i basically the chose the best and the well known and the unusual. its mainly pictures of the buildings and few shots of ornaments, details, and facade.

Abu Mansur Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, Bahrain

Al Fidos Mosque in Baghdad

Al Hambra in Granada

Al Nida Mosque in Baghdad

Al Quds Masjid in Zamboanga-Philippines

Al Zulfa Mosque in Seeb-Oman

Ali Pasha Mosque in Sarajevo-Bosnia

Amir timur Mosque in Samarkand-Uzbekistan

An Nour Mosque in Malaysia

Ar-Rahman Mosque in Badhdad

Jakarta-Indonesia

Sydney Australia

Lahore Pakistan

Lahore Pakistan at night

Maple, Canada. this mosque has community called Peace Village around it, with streets named after Muslim scholars and city park called Ahmadiyya Park.

Sofia Bulgaria

Istanbul Turkey

Belgrade Serbia

Herat Afghanistan

Saigon Vietnam

Yerevan Armenia

Istanbul Turkey

Erbil Iraq

Seoul S Korea

Kuala Terengganu Malaysia

Timbuktu Mali

Istanbul Turkey

Turpan East Turkestan

Sarajevo Bosnia

Faisal Mosque in Islamabad Pakistan. named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.

Pecs Hungary

Cordoba Spain

Semarang Indonesia

Sousse Tunisia

Medan Indonesia

Touba Senegal

Xian China

Samarkand Uzbekistan

istanbul turkey

istanbul

Lebanon

Mumbai

North Cyprus

Urfa turkey

Jerusalem

Basra Iraq

Casablanca. The Minarat/tower is over 500 feet tall.

Crete

Burma

Guangzhou china

Ningxia china

Delhi

isfahan iran

Agri turkey

Cairo

Toledo, OH usa

Jakarta indonesia

Jakarta indonesia. i am guessing this is the inside of that mosque, but it looks computer generated.

New Delhi

Las Vegas usa

Brunei

Jerusalem

dubai

Mauritius

Bukhara uzbekistan

Amman Jordan

jordan

Ashgabat Turnkmenistan

malaysia

Bosnia and Hercegovina

Hong Kong

malaysia

Kazan Russia

Buenos Aires Argentina

ghana

Tripoli libya

Makkah Saudi Arabia. the holiest site for Muslims.

Atyrau Kazakhstan

Masjid al Aqsa in Jersusalem

Kaaba Door in Makkah

Makkah

Algiers

Kuwait

Madinah Saudi Arabia. Second holiest place for Muslims

Madinah

Preston England

Gaborone Botswana

Schaumburg, ill usa

Rotterdam Netherlands

Afghan

Makassar Indonesia

this is it for now
ill upload the another 60 pictures later on
time for my NFL Fantasy Football Draft

rockyi · #2 Posted **Sep 4, 2009, 2:06 AM**

Very interesting! Thanks for posting these.

olga · #3 Posted **Sep 4, 2009, 7:47 AM**

Wow, great compilation. Some really amazing structures there. And some really tacky...

munda · #4 Posted **Sep 9, 2009, 8:40 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by munda

here are more then a few pictures of Islamic architecture from around the world.
i dont really have a source for it because i got it from a torrent site. the torrent site is http://www.islamictorrents.net/details.php?id=18379. i hope this helps. its about over 200 pictures. the torrent i got it from had about 500 pictures but i basically the chose the best and the well known and the unusual. its mainly pictures of the buildings and few shots of ornaments, details, and facade.

Abu Mansur Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, Bahrain

Al Fidos Mosque in Baghdad

Al Hambra in Granada

Al Nida Mosque in Baghdad

Al Quds Masjid in Zamboanga-Philippines

Al Zulfa Mosque in Seeb-Oman

Ali Pasha Mosque in Sarajevo-Bosnia

Amir timur Mosque in Samarkand-Uzbekistan

An Nour Mosque in Malaysia

Ar-Rahman Mosque in Badhdad

Jakarta-Indonesia

Sydney Australia

Lahore Pakistan

Lahore Pakistan at night

Maple, Canada. this mosque has community called Peace Village around it, with streets named after Muslim scholars and city park called Ahmadiyya Park.

Sofia Bulgaria

Istanbul Turkey

Belgrade Serbia

Herat Afghanistan

Saigon Vietnam

Yerevan Armenia

Istanbul Turkey

Erbil Iraq

Seoul S Korea

Kuala Terengganu Malaysia

Timbuktu Mali

Istanbul Turkey

Turpan East Turkestan

Sarajevo Bosnia

Faisal Mosque in Islamabad Pakistan. named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.

Pecs Hungary

Cordoba Spain

Semarang Indonesia

Sousse Tunisia

Medan Indonesia

Touba Senegal

Xian China

Samarkand Uzbekistan

istanbul turkey

istanbul

Lebanon

Mumbai

North Cyprus

Urfa turkey

Jerusalem

Basra Iraq

Casablanca. The Minarat/tower is over 500 feet tall.

Crete

Burma

Guangzhou china

Ningxia china

Delhi

isfahan iran

Agri turkey

Cairo

Toledo, OH usa

Jakarta indonesia

Jakarta indonesia. i am guessing this is the inside of that mosque, but it looks computer generated.

New Delhi

Las Vegas usa

Brunei

Jerusalem

dubai

Mauritius

Bukhara uzbekistan

Amman Jordan

jordan

Ashgabat Turnkmenistan

malaysia

Bosnia and Hercegovina

Hong Kong

malaysia

Kazan Russia

Buenos Aires Argentina

ghana

Tripoli libya

Makkah Saudi Arabia. the holiest site for Muslims.

Atyrau Kazakhstan

Masjid al Aqsa in Jersusalem

Kaaba Door in Makkah

Makkah

Algiers

Kuwait

Madinah Saudi Arabia. Second holiest place for Muslims

Madinah

Preston England

Gaborone Botswana

Schaumburg, ill usa

Rotterdam Netherlands

Afghan

Makassar Indonesia

this is it for now
ill upload the another 60 pictures later on
time for my NFL Fantasy Football Draft

now continuing

Baghdad

Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

Bobo Dioulasso-Burkina Faso

Brazil

Brussels Belgium

Caracas-Venezuela

Chad

Chile

china

chipata zambia

El Paso

gauteng south africa

kampala uganda

karachi pakistan

Kazkhstan

Madagascar

NGaoundere-Cameroon

matara sri lanka

paraguay

Paramaribo-Suriname

Pattani-Thailand

portland, Oregon usa

PortoNovo-Benin

rhodos greece

Guinea

Skopje-Macedonia

Ulgij-Mongolia

Vienna-Austria

Washington DC USA

Sabah-Malaysia

Cairo

istanbul

konya turkey

Beirut-Lebanon

Isfahan-Iran

Abuja-Nigeria

toronto canada

Brunei

france

malaysia

Jerusalem

Red Fort with Taj Mahal in the back

London

Samarkand-Uzbekistan

istanbul

Adana turkey

Kota Kinabalu-Malaysia

baghdad

Saint Petersburg Russia

iraq

Dhaka Bangladesh

Berlin Germany

Dubai

Prizren-Kosovo

doha qatar

istanbul

Singapore

Muscat, Oman

muscat oman

Agra India

agra india

agra

Constanta-Romania

Kuala Terengganu - Malaysia

Rome italy

morocco

Budapest-Hungary

Monastiraki-Greece

thats allllllll folks

constant_oo · #5 Posted **Apr 11, 2010, 12:24 PM**

Husein pasha mosque Pljevlja,Montenegro

King Fahd mosque-Sarajevo,Bosnia

onedrunkduck · #6 Posted **Apr 14, 2010, 6:49 PM**

Abu Mansur Mosque in Samarkand is very unique

LSyd · #7 Posted **Apr 15, 2010, 12:51 PM**

is this thread limited to mosques?

pics by me:

al Rahman Mosque, Baghdad - one of the coolest buildings i've ever seen

other mosques in Baghdad

Samawah, Iraq

Amarah, Iraq

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phil marion · #8 Posted **Nov 8, 2014, 8:19 PM**

Grand mud mosque of Djenne at twilight - Djenne, Mali by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Architecture of Sana'a, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail - Meknes, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Mosque - Zagora, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

mud mosque in Bozo village along the Niger River, Mali by Phil Marion, on Flickr

sunset- Shihara, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

silhouette inside King Hassan II mosque - Casablanca, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

detail of tile design on fountain - King Hassan II mosque - Casablanca, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Jama Masjid (mosque)- New Delhi, India by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Awaiting for the magic to happen - sunrise at the Taj Mahal by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Amber Fort - detail by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Hawa Mahal , Jaipur India by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Surrealplaces · #9 Posted **Dec 2, 2014, 8:38 PM**

Kuwait by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Cairo by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

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]Langkawi by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

Not a Mosque, but designed with Islam in mind.

Skyscraper towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

phil marion · #10 Posted **Feb 4, 2015, 6:05 AM**

Interior of Istiqlal Mosque - Jakarta, Indonesia by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #11 Posted **May 4, 2015, 4:07 AM**

Early morning fog finally melts away - Taj Mahal mosque by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail - Meknes, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Dusk falls over a minaret in Sana'a, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Leisurely stroll in Fatehpur Sikri by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Early morning Taj Mahal reflected in its fountain by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #12 Posted **Jul 18, 2016, 3:43 AM**

Masjid Amirul Mukminin mosque - Makassar, Sulawesi Indonesia by Phil Marion, on Flickr

mud mosque in Mopti, Mali by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Rain at Istiqlal Mosque - Jakarta, Indonesia by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Yemeni architecture - Sana'a, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #13 Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 3:24 PM**

Architecture in old walled city of Sana'a, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #14 Posted **Aug 12, 2016, 4:15 AM**

open roof - King Hassan II mosque, Casablanca, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #15 Posted **Aug 20, 2016, 3:44 AM**

madrassa - Meknes, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #16 Posted **Aug 22, 2016, 3:24 AM**

Taj Mahal just after sunrise - Agra, India by Phil Marion, on Flickr

Ancient city walls of Sana'a, Yemen by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #17 Posted **Aug 26, 2016, 10:30 AM**

Awaiting for the magic to happen - sunrise at the Taj Mahal by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #18 Posted **Aug 27, 2016, 6:59 PM**

Taj Mahal after sunset by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #19 Posted **Aug 30, 2016, 4:58 PM**

palm and Koutoubia Mosque sunrise - Marrakesh, Morocco by Phil Marion, on Flickr

phil marion · #20 Posted **Sep 4, 2016, 5:03 PM**

inside Junagarh Fort, India by Phil Marion, on Flickr