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The Great Mosque of Diyarbakir: facade of the eastern portico onto the courtyard

The Great Mosque of Diyarbakir (Founded 1091, and renovated in the 12th century): A Seljuq foundation on the model of the Great Umayyad mosque in Damascus, the mosque is remarkable for its use of diverse Classical and medieval Islamic motifs.

 

Format

Photograph

 

Credit

Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.

 

MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin

4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002

 

MIT Course Instructor

Rabbat, Nasser O.

 

MIT Department

Architecture

 

License

http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Taken on July 8, 2002