Umayyad | 661-750 | Iran, Iraq, Syria |
Abbasid | 749-1258 | Iran, Iraq, Syria (to 941) |
Fatimid | 909-1171 | Egypt, Syria |
Seljuk | 1038-1194 | Iran, Iraq, Turkey (1077-1307) |
Ayyubid | 1169-1260 | Syria, Egypt |
Ilkhanid (Mongols) | 1256-1336 | Iran, Iraq |
Mamluk | 1250-1517 | Syria, Egypt |
Ottoman | 1281-1922 | Turkey, Iraq (from 1534), Syria (from 1516),
Egypt (from 1516) |
Timurid | 1370-1506 | Iran, Central Asia |
Safavid | 1501-1732 | Iran |
Source for dates: Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples. Harvard University Press, 1991.
(See also: Middle East Resource Page and Mughal India.)
Web Resources - Islamic History and Culture
Al-Islam.org. The Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
Alislam On-Line Library. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Crusader Castles
and Aleppo. Aramco
Education Center. IslamiCity
History of Jerusalem: The Arab Caliphates. Wikipedia
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook. Paul Halsall, Fordham University
Iran: Country of the Nobles. B. H. Far, including English translations of the classical Persian literature.
Iranian Cultural & Information Center
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia
Islam,
Shi'a,
Ottomans, and
Mughals. Richard Hooker, Washington State University
Sufism's Many Paths. Alan Godlas, University of Georgia
Center For Muslim-Jewish Engagement. University of Southern California
The World Wide Virtual Library: History: Islam.
Web Resources - Islamic Art and Architecture
Aniconism and Figural Representation in Islamic Art. Terry Allen
Arabic Monuments in Egypt. Tour Egypt
The Art of Islamic Spain. Aramco
The Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. Shehbaz H. Safrani
Ceremonial and Art at the Umayyad Court. Oleg Grabar
Fatimid Mosques in Cairo. MIT
Imagining Paradise in Islamic Art. Terry Allen
Iranian Architecture. Wikipedia
A Model of Islamic Rectilinear Interlaced Lattices. Javier Sanchez Gonzalez
Mongols and Painting under the Jala'ir. Bilkent University
Mosques Around The World. IslamiCity
The Princeton Shahnama Project. Princeton University
Sultanahmet Mosque. Archnet Digital Library
Timeline of Art History: West Asia. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online Museum Collections - Islamic Art
Boston Museum
British Museum
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Hermitage Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Topkapi Palace Museum (presented by Bilkent University)
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