This course provides a survey of the history of Islamic architecture from the 7th century to today in countries of the Middle East. The course will examine important monuments and developments in Islamic visual culture through time. Students will complete assignments including quizzes, an essay, midterm exam, and final exam. Required readings include books on Islamic art and architecture from 650-1250 and 1250-1800. Lectures will cover major periods and regions including the Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, and later Islamic empires. Discussions will focus on identifying how architecture reflected political, social, economic and cultural influences over time.

1. Professor Abdalrazzaq Moaz Fall 2013 MW 1- 2:15 pm
History of Islamic Architecture in the Middle East NELC-N 303/695
Office Hours: Goodbody 241 (812) 857- 1038
and by appointment
amoaz@indiana.edu
Course Description:
The aim of the course is to broaden the students' historical knowledge in architecture,
enhance their intellectual abilities, and develop their research, and writing skills.
It provides a survey of history of Islamic architecture since the 7th century until today, in
Arab and Islamic countries such as Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey..
Conceived as an introduction to the history of the Islamic Architecture in Middle East,
this course will examine Islamic visual culture and most important monuments in the
region. The emphasis throughout will be on identifying the way in which specific
monuments and periods have informed physical reality in the history of Middle East. We
will focus our study on a number of significant monuments and theirs political, social,
economic and cultural meanings as well as developments and movements, including (but
not limited to): the rise and formation of Islamic architecture, the role of the powers in
the region, regional influences, the role of the religion, as well as the role of ethnic and
religious groups, and identities.
Course Format
This course will meet twice weekly. Meetings will consist of lectures, discussions, with
power point presentations.
Course Requirements
Assignments and Grading
Each student will complete five formal assignments: two quizzes, one essay (8-10 pages
undergraduate &15 pages for graduate students), a mid-term exam, and a final exam. The
exams will follow the standard format of identification and essay. The first quiz-essay is
worth 5%, the second quiz-essay 10%, the mid-term exam 25%, the paper-essay 30%,
and the final exam 30%. However, failure to complete ANY of these assignments may
result in failure in the course.

2. You are responsible for submitting all work on time. The essay is due at the beginning of
class; papers will be penalized by 1/3 of a letter grade reduction for each day they are
late. All essays must be typed, double-spaced, conform to standard conventions of
structure and source citation, and observe the niceties of style, grammar, etc. You can
receive valuable assistance through Writing Tutorial Services, located in the Information
Commons on the first floor of Wells Library - (812) 855-6738.
Exams
You are responsible for taking the quizzes and examinations at the scheduled times.
Make-ups will only be considered under extraordinary circumstances, and only following
the provision of a written medical (or other appropriate) excuse or upon formal
notification of the instructor by the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
Special arrangements will be made for students with documented disabilities. If you
require extra time or special conditions for exams, please inform the instructor as soon as
possible. All such communications will be held in the strictest confidence.
Documentation of disabilities and other assistance can be obtained through Disability
Services for Students, Herman Wells Library W302, (812) 855-7578,
http://studentaffairs.iub.edu/dss/.
Academic Integrity
All students are required to uphold academic honesty in all aspects of this course,
especially exams and papers, and are thus cautioned to follow the letter and the spirit of
the standards outlined in the Indiana University Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities,
and Conduct, Part II: Student Responsibilities:
http://www.iu.edu/~code/code/responsibilities/academic/index.shtml. If you have any
questions about conforming to rules regarding plagiarism or about the proper format for
citations ask the instructor. There will be NO exceptions to the rules. Essays must be
submitted in two forms: (1) a hard copy to the instructor on the date specified in the
course schedule, and (2) an electronic copy to Turnitin.com on the same date. The Class
ID is …. and the Password is Grabar. Procedures for electronic submission will be
explained in class.
Required Reading
Ettinghausen, R. Grabar, O. Jenkins, M. Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, Yale
University Press, 2001 (only architecture required)
Blair, Sh. & Bloom, J. The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800, Yale University
Press, 1994 (only architecture required)

3. Hillenbrand, R. Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning, Colombia
University Press, 2004 (Optional-gruadate)
COURSE TIMETABLE
Introduction:Monday, August 26:Meeting 1
References: Rabbat, Nasser. “What is Islamic Architecture Anyway ?”, Journal of Art
Historiography, Number 6 June 2012. Pdf Reading
Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, Yale University
Press, 2001, pp. 3-8. Reading
Hillenbrand, R. “Oleg Grabar: the Scholarly Legacy”, Journal of Art Historiography,
Number 6, June 2012. Pdf
Rogers, M. “Architectural History as Literature: Creswell”, Muqarnas, 1991. Pdf
First Caliphal Expressions::Umayyad Architecture:, August 28W.:Meeting 2
Arabization of the stateire and50). Islamization of the emp-Umayyad Mosques (715
References: Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, pp. 15-26. Reading
Grabar. Formation of Islamic Art, Yale University Press, 1987, 99-131, "Islamic
Religious Art: The Mosque. Reading
Grabar, “Umayyad Art”, eds. Bartl and Moaz, pdf Reading
Monday, September 2: NO CLASS – LABOR DAY
Meeting 3: Wednesday, September 4: Umayyad Architecture 2: The Palaces in Early
Islamic Architecture.
Reference: Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, Yale
University Press, 2001, pp. 36-51 Reading
Grabar, The Formation of Islamic Art, Yale University Press, 1987, Secular Art: Palace
and City, pp. 132-169 Reading
Meeting 4-5: Monday, September 9 & Wednesday, September 11: Abbasid
Architecture 1: The Splendors of the Abbasids at Baghdad and Samarra. An Islamic
architectural language: Monumentalizing the hypostyle type.

4. Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, pp. 27-36. Reading
Grabar, The Formation,Chapter 6: Secular Art: Palace and City, pp. 132-169. Reading
Meeting 6-7: Monday, September 16 & Wednesday, September 18: Abbasid
Architecture 2 (The Independent “States”East and West) & and Al-Andalus:
Imperial versus provincial expressions of power.
References: Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, PP.83- 91 Al-Andalus, 105-116 The East:
Iran and Central Asia, 133-165 Reading
Meeting 8: Monday, September 23:Fatimid architecture
Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, pp. 187-202 Reading
Meeting 9: Wednesday, September 25: The Architecture in Eastern Regions
Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, pp. 139-165 Reading
Madrasa: Architecture, EI2 Reading
Iwan: Architecture, EI2 Reading
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AT LECTURE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ON
“HOUSING AND LIFESTYLE IN DAMASCUS AND CAIRO (15TH – 17TH
CENTURIES),” SWAIN EAST, RM 140, 7 PM
Meeting 10-11: Monday, September 30 & Wednesday, October 2: Saljuq, Atabeks,
and Ayyubid Architecture
Ettinghausen, Grabar, Jenkins, pp. 215-234 Reading
Rabbat, N. “The Militirisation of Taste in Mevieval Bilad Al-Sham”, in Mamluk
History.., pp. 59-111. Pdf Reading
Moaz, “The Ayyubid Era: Conflicts and Coexsitence in Medieval Syria”, Discover
Islamic Art in the Mediterranean, pdf. Reading
Meeting 12-13: Monday, October 7& Wednesday, October 9: Mamluk Architecture
1:
Grabar, "Reflections on Mamluk Art", Muqarnas 2 (1984): 1-12. pdf Reading
Meineke, Michael. “Regional Architectural Traditions: Evolution and Interrelations”,
Damaszener Mitteilungen 2 (1985):163-75. Pdf Reading

5. Blair & Bloom, pp. 70- 84. Reading
Meeting 14-15: Monday, October 14 & Wednesday, October 16: Mamluk
Architecture 2:
Blair & Bloom, pp. 85-96 Reading
Meeting 16: Monday, October 21 : REVIEW FOR MID-TERM
Wednesday, October 23 NO CLASS – OPEN DAY
Monday, October 28 Meeting 17: MID-TERM EXAM
Meeting 18-19, Wednesday, October 30; Monday, Novmber 4: Ottoman
Architecture 1:
Blair & Bloom, pp. 213- 230 Reading
Necipoglu, Gülru. “Challenging the Past: Sinan and the Competitive Discourse of Early-
Modern Islamic Architecture”, Muqarnas X, pp.168-80, pdf. Reading
Raymond, Andre. Great Arab Cities in the 16th-18th centuries, New York University
Press, 1984,pp. 9-52; 91-133
Meetings 20-21: Wednesday, November 6 & Monday, November 11: Ottoman
Architecture 2:
Raymond, Great Arab Cities, pp. 9-52; 91-133
Meeting 22-23: Wednesday, November 13 & Monday, November 18: Mamluk and
Ottoman Domestic Architecture:
Raymond, Great Arab Cities, pp. 69-87 Reading
Moaz,“Domestic architecture, Notables and Power. A Neighborhood in Late Ottoman
Damascus, An Introduction”, in: International congress of Turkish Art; 489-496,
Publisher: Fondation Max van Berchem, , Geneva:1999; pdf Reading
Ibrahim, Leila A. “Residential”, Muqarnas, pdf Reading
Beherns Abouseif, Doris. Islamic Architecture in Cairo, An Introduction, Reading
Chapter 3: Domestic Architecture in Cairo, pdf

6. Meeting 24: Wednesday, November 20: The East and West in Later Islamic
Architecture: From Al-Andalus to India: Monumentality in the Islamic World:
Alhmbra, Taj Mahal
Blair & Bloom, pp.124-131, Alhambra and Al-Andalus under the Nasirids. Reading
Blair & Bloom, pp. 278-286 Taj Mahal and Later Mongol Architecture. Reading
Kokh, Ebba. “Taj Mahal”, Muqarnas, pdf Reading
Necipoglu, Gülru. “Framing the Gaze in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Palaces”. In Ars
Orientalis, Vol. 23. Pdf Reading
Monday, November 25 NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Wednesday, November 27 NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Meeting 25-26: Monday, December 2; Wednesday, December 4; Modern
Architecture and the Middle East :
Hamadeh, Shirine . “Westernization Decadence and the Turkish Baroque Modern
Constructions of the Eighteenth Century”, Muqarnas XXIV 185-197, pdf
Bianca, Stefano. Urban Forms in the Arab World: Past and Present, 2000. Reading:
“The Clash of between Tradition and Modernity in Urban Space and Architecture in the
Arab World” Reading
Keiser, K. “Public Monuments in Turkey and Egypt, 1840-1916”, Muqarnas, pdf
Cairo, A. Raymond (ed.), Rizzoli, 2002. Reading: The Age of Transition by M. Volait
and G. Allaume,
Raymond, Cairo, pp. 291-338
Moaz, "The Urban Fabric of an Extra mural Quarter of Damascus during the 19th
century", The Syrian Land, Processes of Integration and Fragmentation in Bilad al-
Sham in the 18th to the 20th century, edited by Thomas Philipp and Birgit Schaebler,
Berliner Islamstudien, Band 6, 1998, 165- 183. Pdf Reading
Meeting 27: Monday, December 9: Architecture in the ModernMiddle East:

7. Isenstadt, S. and Rizavi, K. “Modern Architecture and the Middle East; the Burden of
Representation - Introduction”; Modernism and the Middle East; Architecture and
Politics in the Twentieth Century, eds. S. Isenstadt and K. Rizavi, University of
Washington Press, 2008, pp. 3-30 Reading
Badran, Rasem. “Historical References and Contemporary Design” Pdf Reading
The Contemporary Mosque : Architects, Clients, and Designs since the 1950s, by Renata
Holod; Hasan-Uddin Khan; Kimberly Mims, New York : Rizzoli, 1997.
Meeting 28: Wednesday, December 11: SUMMING UP: REVIEW FOR FINAL
EXAM
Friday, December 20, 5-7 PM FINAL EXAM
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