Islamic Art Vocabulary Koran/Qu’ran Hadj Mosque Qibla Imam Minbar Mihrab Minaret Squinches Crenellation Muezzin Moorish Kufic
Islam Mohamed born into Quraysh tribe from Mecca he received divine orders to recite in praise of Allah 651- Recitations written down into the Koran Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca, fast during Ramadan, make a pilgrimage to Mecca (for those who can), give alms “There is but one God, Allah, and Mohamed is his prophet” Began preaching a monotheistic religion-lost favor in Mecca Went to Medina and gained followers to protect the faith By 632-Islam dominated over half of Arabia Moved further, quicker than Christianity-Constantinople attacked in the 670s but not conquered Moved through Africa into Spain by 711 Stopped from invading France in 732 by Charles Martel Constantinople conquered in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Umayyad Caliph Abd Al-Malik
Squinches
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem,
Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, 8-10 centuries Minaret
Abd-al-Rahman I Enlarged in , 961, and 987 Crenellated/crenellation Moorish
Interior of the Great Mosque of Cordoba Hypostyle prayer hall
Maqsura, Mosque of Cordoba
Dome of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Mihrab Qibla Squinches
Koran page, 9-10 th century Kufic script
The Ardabil Carpet, Iran, 1540
Malwiya Minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, Minaret Malwiya- “snail shell”