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The Mihrab of Sultan Oljeïtu at the Isfahan Masjid-i-Jomeh

The Mihrab of Sultan Oljeïtu at the Isfahan Masjid-i-Jomeh (1310): a most unusual, carved stucco mihrab added onto a structural wall along with the whole vaulted oratory, called the winter hall.

 

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

 

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http://ocw.mit.edu/terms

 

Publisher

MIT OpenCourseWare

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Uploaded on October 30, 2008
Taken on July 8, 2002