Palace and Mosque at Ukhaiḍir - A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture

Gertrude Bell

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English

Read & Co. Books
27 May 2020

Middle Eastern history; Archaeology; Archaeology by period & region; Travel & holiday guides; Classic travel writing

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Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir - A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture is a 1914 work by Gertrude Bell that explores the origins and history of Islamic architecture. In this volume, she has brought together materials that relate to the earliest phases of Mohammadan architecture in order to consider and analyse the circumstances under which it arose and the roots from whence it sprang. Contents include: Qsair, Mudjdah, And 'Atshan , Qasr-I-Shirin , Genesis Of The Early Mohammadan Palace , The Facade , The Mosque , The Date Of Ukhaidir , Ukhaidir, arch construction , Ukhaidir, arch construction , Ukhaidir, south side of court B , etc. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Other notable works by this author include: Poems from the Divan of Hafiz (1892), The Desert and the Sown (1907), and Mountains of the Servants of God (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.

By: Gertrude Bell
Imprint: Read & Co. Books
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9781528715713
ISBN 10: 1528715713
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 27 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active