The Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Mosque of Damascus
About this book
Focussing on the Great Mosque of Damascus, this volume discusses the scope and significance of the building campaign undertaken by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid b. ‘Abd al-Malik (86-96/705-15), and its implications for the development of early Islamic visual culture.
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- OL Work ID
- OL9090657W
Subjects
Buildings, structuresIslamic ArchitectureJāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)Medieval ArchitectureMosques