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	Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures URL: http://web.mit.edu/4.614/www/ ODP description: Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof. Nasser Rabbat. Illustrated outline history of Islamic architecture. Page title: Religious Architecture and Islamic Culture Page description: islamic architecture, MIT, Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture, AKPIA
	Islamic Architecture in India URL: http://members.tripod.com/~IMAGE_INDIA/islamic.html ODP description: Images and historical notes from Shishir Thadani, part of Image India, illustrating the development of Islamic architecture in India. Page title: Islamic Architecture India: Forts, Palaces, Tombs, Mosques, photographs, images, pictures, mughal, islamic, heritage, lucknow nawabs
	Shalimar URL: http://www.telerama.com/~jdehullu/islam/home.htm ODP description: Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
	Islamic Architecture URL: http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Islamic Architecture - mosques & palaces. Page description: Islamic architecture website contains illustrated descriptions and reviews of a large number of mosques, palaces and monuments. The site also features illustrated essays on Islamic art, covering calligraphy, carpets, geometry/floral patterns, metal work, pottery, wood work and techniques such as Squinches styles and kaleidoscopic cells.
	Wonders of Az-Zahra and other Andalusian Palaces URL: http://cyberistan.org/islamic/zahra.html ODP description: Essay by Dr. A. Zahoor on the extravagant pleasure palaces built in the 10th century by Islamic potentates in Spain. Page title: Islamic Civilization: Wonders of az-Zahra and Other Andalusian Palaces
	Islamic Architecture: An Appreciation URL: http://www.amaana.org/tajik/sakarchit.htm ODP description: Sakar Datoo explains the development of Islamic architecture, with references. Part of Ismaili Web. Page title: Islamic Architecture - Aga Khan Award for Architecture
	Architecture of Isfahan URL: http://www.isfahan.org.uk/ ODP description: Online photography tour of Isfahan by Thomas Rochford of Anglia Polytechnic University. Page title: Welcome to Isfahan!
	Early Islamic Tiles URL: http://www.anthonyralphgallery.com ODP description: 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. Page title: Anthony Slayter-Ralph Fine Art: Early Islamic Tiles Page description: An extraordinary collection of 15/18th. century Islamic ceramic tiles purchased by Lockwood de Forest in the 1880's in Damascus to be used in the interior design projects of Louis Comfort Tiffany.
	Islamic Architecture URL: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html ODP description: 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. Page title: Islamic Architecture - Great Buildings Online Page description: Islamic Architecture in the Great Buildings Online.
	Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library URL: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/islamicarchitecture/ ODP description: Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture around the world. Includes a collection of images from the Aga Khan Visual Archives. Page title: Textual and Visual Resources: Islamic Architecture: Subject Guides: MIT Libraries
	Islamic Art Network URL: http://www.islamic-art.org ODP description: The Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation provides material on Islamic art and architecture including photographs of Islamic monuments in Cairo. Page title: ISLAMIC ART NETWORK
	Andalusian Architecture URL: http://www.grapevine.net/~suede/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Andalusian architecture
	Arabic and Islamic Architecture URL: http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/arabic_islamic_architecture ODP description: Articles and a list of reviewed and rated related links from Suite 101. Page title: Islamic Architecture Page description: This topic will cover Arab and Islamic architecture found throughout the world. I'm interested in not only historical buildings but also contemporary buildings and present trends.