Mughal gardens are a group of gardens built by the Mughals in the Persian style of architecture. This style was…
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…