Traditionally, an Islamic garden is a cool place of rest and reflection, and a reminder of paradise. The Qur'an has…
Charbagh or Chahar Bagh (Persian: چهارباغ, chahār bāgh, meaning "Four Bāghs" ("four gardens")) is a Persian and Islamic quadrilateral garden…
Bāgh (Persian: باغ) usually translated as garden, refers to an enclosed area with permanent cultures (many types of trees and…
Zenana (Persian: زنانه, Urdu: زنانہ, Hindi: ज़नाना), literally meaning "of the women" or "pertaining to women," contextually refers to the…
Harem (Arabic: حريم ḥarīm, "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family"), also known as zenana in South…
The Qa'a is a roofed reception room found in the domestic architecture of affluent residences of the Islamic world. It…
Zellige (Arabic: الزليج; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…
Yeseria is a technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors like also by the post-Reconsquista's Mudéjar architecture. Plaster…
Shabaka are stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails. Shabaka fill walls and window openings…
Mocárabe, Honeycomb work, or Stalactite work (Arabic al-halimat al-'uliya, "the overhang") is an ornamental design used in certain types of…