This paper investigates the architecture of Dezzak Grand Mosque in Saravan City for first time to best our knowledge. One most important research problems was lack sufficient information about Mosque. Considering that some Islamic geographers had sporadically mentioned an old mosque southeast Iran, comprehensive field not done this regard. study compares oldest South East Iran with Prophet Mohm...

Abstract Ornamental adornment of the Kharraqan tomb towers, most outstanding funeral monuments Seljuk era in NW Iran, and those four best-preserved Seljuq brick minarets northern documents artistic canon pre-glaze stage Iranian Islamic architecture. Despite some later interruptions, these their plain-brick ornaments, as well ‘virtually interlaced’ stand at beginnings a rich development that led...

the transition of a squared surface to a spherical one is one of the important issues of construction in the world architecture history. the combination can numerously be observed in the iran's architecture prior to the islamic period. for instance, the palace of shapur (a king) which was splendid and daring palace had a ceremonial court and featured a parabola dome. chahar taq (four arche...

islam is regarded to pay attention to the characteristics of urban life which can be practiced on the urban settings. not surprisingly, islam has made a great focus on the form and design of cities and prescribed detailed and elaborate regulations for individual and communal life. seen from other way round, the penetration of islam into various regions such as iran, europe, and africa had an un...

Islamic Art is the art of civilization based on Islamic religion. Moreover, it not only concerned with particular region or particular people rather it is a combination of different civilizations and historical circumstances as painted with Islamic weltanschauung. The Arab civilization is probably more important. Although the Arabs have little art and even then, they developed Islamic art with ...

cultural communications among nations consist of various subjects and architectural art styles are the most distinct and recognized subjects in this area of studding. the republic of dagestan in south of russian federation, not only from the past has cultural and historical relation with iran, but also ct located in the historical geography of cultural iran. this relationship was more due to th...

According to Architecture curriculum, the History of Islamic Architecture Introduction is the only course in architecture curriculum in Architecture Faculties that is about Islamic architecture. The overall objectives of the course are: familiarity with the concept of Islamic architecture, understanding spatial characteristics and special qualities of this type of architecture, being familiar w...