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Al-Aqmar Mosque: The central medallion above the entrance door

Al-Aqmar Mosque: A small masjid built in 1125 north of the caliphal palace. The central medallion above the entrance door with a Qur'anic verse inscribed around the central ring, which contains the words "Muhammad" and "Ali".

 

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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Uploaded on October 31, 2008
Taken on July 8, 2002