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Generic Structure

structure function place of origin time image
  • šāḏarwān شادروان [arb]
  • šâdorvân شادروان [pes]
  • şadırvan شادروان [ota]
  • şadrewan [kmr]
  • šedr̀vān шедр̀ва̄н [hbs]
  • shatërvan [sqi]
  • šodurvon шодурвон [tgk]
 ablution fountain Iran https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:%C5%9Ead%C4%B1rvans
  • mašrabiyya مشربية‎ [arb]
 balcony Baghdad 12th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mashrabiya
  • güvercinlik [tur]
  • güvercinlik گوگرجینلك [ota]
  • kabutarxâne کبوترخانه [pes]
 dovecote 13th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dovecotes_by_country
  • manzil منزل [arb]
 farmhouse Djerba https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Menzels
  • ribāṭ رباط [arb]
 fortification Maghreb 7th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ribats
  • qṣar قصر [arb]
 fortified village Northern Africa https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksour
  • riyāḍ رياض [arb]
 garden Maghreb https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Riads_in_Morocco
  • bxn.t [egy]
 gate Egypt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pylons_(architecture)
  • eyvān ایوان [pes]
  • 'īwān إيوان [ara]
 hall Mesopotamia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Iwans_(architecture)
  • ḵān خان [arb]
  • kāṭrā কাটরা [ben]
  • kārvānsarāy کاروانسرای [pes]
 inn https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caravanserais
  • tekhenu [egy]
 monument Egypt 20th century BC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obelisks
  • miḥrāb محراب [arb]
 niche https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mihrabs
  • myr [egy]
 tomb Egypt c. 4700 BC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyramids_of_Egypt
  • manār منار [urd]
  • manāra منارة‎ [arb]
  • manara манара [bak,tat]
  • manora манора [tgk]
  • menara [msa]
  • menâre مناره [pes]
  • minara [rhg,tuk]
  • minara минара [kum]
  • minare [kmr,tur]
  • minare مناره [ota]
  • minarə [aze]
  • minora [uzb]
  • monāra مناره [pus]
  • munar مۇنار [uig]
  • munara [tsg]
  • munara мунара [kir]
  • munára муна́ра [hbs]
  • mūnara мұнара [kaz]
  • ṣawma'a صومعة [ary]
 mosque tower Umayyad Caliphate period https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Minarets
  • shabaka شبكة [arb]
 motif Almohad period https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sebka

Specific Building

building function location time style image
tomb Giza c. 2600 BC 640px-Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giza_pyramid_complex

monument Heliopolis 20th century BC 320px-Heliopolis200501.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obelisk_of_Senusret_I_in_Heliopolis

[arb]
جامع القيروان الأكبر

Kanīs al-Ḡarība

synagoge Djerba 6th century BC 640px-El_Ghriba.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:El_Ghriba_Synagogue_(Djerba)

[egy]

Bḥd.t

temple Edfu 237 BC – 57 BC 640px-The_Temple_of_Edfu_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Edfu_Temple

[arb]
جامع القيروان الأكبر

Jāmi' al-Qayrawān al-Akbar

mosque Kairouan 670 Aghlabid 625px-Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Kairouan%2C_vue_d%27ensemble.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Kairouan

[arb]
رباط المنستير

Ribāṭ al-Munastīr

ribāṭ Monastir 796 640px-Grand_Ribat_Monastir.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ribat_of_Monastir

[arb]
جامع الزيتونة

Jāmi' al-Zaytūna

mosque Tunis 698 – 864 Aghlabid 640px-MinaretMosqueeZitounaTunis.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zitouna_Mosque

[arb]
الجامع الكبير بصفاقس

al-Jāmi' al-Kabīr bi-Ṣafāqis

mosque Sfax c. 849 Aghlabid, Zirid 640px-Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Sfax_01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Sfax

[arb]
الجامع الكبير بسوسة

al-Jāmi' al-Kabīr bi-Sūsah

mosque Sousse 851 Aghlabid 640px-Great_Mosque_of_Sousse.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Sousse

[arb]
جامعة القرويين

Jāmi'at al-Qarawīyīn

mosque Fez 857 – 859 454px-University_of_Al_Qaraouiyine.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Qarawiyyin

[arb]
مسجد ابن خيرون

Masjid Ibn Ḵayyirūn

mosque Kairouan 866 Aghlabid, Hafsid 640px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_des_trois_portes_04.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Three_Doors_Mosque

[arb]
الجامع الكبير في المهدية

al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr fī al-Mahdīyah

mosque Mahdia 916 Fatimid 640px-VueGrandeMosqueMahdia.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Mahdia

[arb]
الجامع الكبير لتلمسان

al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr litilimsān

mosque Tlemcen 1082 Almoravid, Zayyanid 640px-Grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_et_d%C3%A9pendance_Minaret_de_la_Mosqu%C3%A9e_003.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Tlemcen

[arb]
الجامع الكبير

al-Jāmiʻ al-Kabīr

mosque Algiers 1097 Almoravid 640px-Djama%C3%A2_el_Kebir.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Algiers

[arb]
مسجد القلعة

Masjid al-Qal'ah

mosque tower Qal'at Bani Hammad 11th century 563px-28-2_Kal%C3%A2a_de_Beni_Hammad_%284%29_%28cropped%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qal%27at_Bani_Hammad

[arb]
آيت بن حدّو

It ben Ḥaddu

fortified village Atlas Mountains 11th century 640px-Ksar_A%C3%AFt_Benhaddou%2C_Marocco_%28%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%2C_%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%A2%E2%B5%9C_%E2%B5%83%E2%B4%B0%E2%B4%B7%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%93%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A%C3%AFt_Benhaddou

[arb]
القبة المرابطية

Qubba al-Ba'diyyin

monument Marrakesh 1117 or 1125 Almoravid 381px-Almoravid_Qubba_IMG_5629.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Almoravid_Koubba

[arb]
جامع الكتبية

Jāmi' al-Kutubiyya

mosque Marrakesh 1147 – betwwen 1158 and 1195 Zirid 360px-Marokko0112.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koutoubia_Mosque

[shi]

ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵏⵎⵍ

Timzgida n Tinml

mosque Tinmel 1148 Almohad 640px-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D9%84_18_%28cropped%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Tinmel

[arb]
مسجد الصالح طلائع

Masjid al-Salih Tala'i

mosque Cairo 1160 Fatimid 640px-Mosque_of_Salih_Talai_from_above.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Salih_Tala%27i_Mosque

[arb]
صومعة حسان

Ṣawma'at Ḥassān

mosque tower Rabat 1160 Almohad 351px-Hassan_Tower%2C_Rabat%2C_Marocco_%28%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hassan_Tower

[arb]
مسجد القصبة

Masjid al-Qaṣabah

mosque Marrakesh 1185 – 1189/1190 Almohad 640px-Marrakesh_Kasbah_Mosque_view_from_roof_level.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kasbah_Mosque,_Marrakech

[arb]
جامع القصبة

Jāmi' al-Qaṣabah

mosque Tunis between 1230 and 1231 – 1233 Hafsid 640px-Tunis_Mosqu%C3%A9_Kasbah.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kasbah_Mosque,_Tunis

[arb]
مدرسة العطارين

Madrasat al-'attārīn

madrasa Fez 1323 – 1325 Marinid 640px-Al-Attarine_Madrasa_%288754656512%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Attarine_Madrasa

[arb]
المدرسة البوعنانية

al-Madrasa 'abū 'inānīya

madrasa Fez 1350 – 1355 Marinid 640px-Bou_Inania_Madrasa_2011.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bou_Inania_Madrasa,_Fes

[arb]
قلعة قايتباي

Qalʻat Qāyitbāy

citadel Alexandria 1477 – 1479 Mamluk 592px-Alexandria_Egypt_%28235108463%29.jpeg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Citadel_of_Qaitbay

[arb]
مسجد الصالح طلائع

Qaṣr Awlād Sulṭān

fortified granery Tataouine 15th century 640px-Ksar_Ouled_Soltane_01.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksar_Ouled_Soltane

[arb]
مدرسة ابن يوسف

Madrasa ibn Yūsuf

madrasa Marrakesh 1564 – 1565 Saadian 640px-Coranic_School_%28106589859%29.jpeg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ben_Youssef_Madrasa

[arb]
مسجد باب دكالة

Masjid Bāb Dokāla

mosque Marrakesh 1557/1558 – 1570/1571 Saadian 640px-Bab_Doukalla-Moschee%2C_Marrakesch_-_panoramio.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bab_Doukkala_mosque

[arb]
جامع المواسين

Jama' al-Muwāssīn

mosque Marrakesh 1562/1563 – 1572/1573 Saadian 640px-Mouassine_mosque_02.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mouassine_Mosque

[arb]
ضريح السعديين

Ḍarīḥ al-Sa'dīyīn

tomb Marrakesh late 16th century 360px-Saadian_Tombs_1044-HDR.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saadian_Tombs

[arb]
معبد ابن دنان

Ma'bad ibn Dannān

synagoge Fez 17th century 640px-Ibn_Danan_Synagogue_DSCF5080.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ibn_Danan_Synagogue

[arb]
فندق النجارين

Funduq al-Najjārin

kārvānsarāy Fez 1711 Marinid 640px-Dar_Tazi%2C_Fes%2C_Morocco_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fondouk_el-Nejjarine

[arb]
سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا

Sabīl wa-Kuttāb 'abd-al-Raḥmān Katkhudā

monument, public fountain Cairo 1744 Mamluk 525px-Sabil-Kuttab_of_Katkhuda_%2814613468600%29.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabil_of_Abd_al-Rahman_Katkhuda

[arb]
سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا

Qaṣabat Tāwryrt

fortress Ouarzazate 19th century Berber 640px-Kasbah_Taourirt_2078_-_2080.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kasbah_Taourirt

[arb]
قصر الباهية

Qaṣr al-Bāniyya

palace Marrakesh 19th century Zirid 640px-Bahia_Palace_large_court.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bahia_Palace


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