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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]
  • ʿīwān 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]
  • ṣawmaʿa 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
  • Majmaʻ Ahrāmāt al-Jīzah مجمع أهرامات الجيزة [arb]
 tomb Giza c. 2600 BC 640px-Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg

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

  • ipet-isut [egy]
 temple El-Karnak c. 1970 BC 640px-Temple_de_Louxor_68.jpg

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

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

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

  • čēme ϫⲏⲙⲉ [cop]
  • ta-sekhet-ma'at [egy]
 necropolis Luxor 16th century BC 640px-Luxor%2C_Tal_der_K%C3%B6nige_%281995%2C_860x605%29.jpg

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

  • Maʻbad al-Uqṣur معبد الأقصر [arb]
 temple Luxor c. 1400 BC 640px-Pylons_and_obelisk_Luxor_temple.JPG

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

  • Maʻbad Alrāmsywm معبد الرامسيوم [arb]
 memorial temple Luxor 13th century BC 640px-S_F-E-CAMERON_EGYPT_2005_RAMASEUM_01320.JPG

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

  • p3-jw-rķ' [egy]
  • Phílai Φιλαί [grc]
  • Pilak ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ [cop]
 temple Aswan between 7th century BC and 6th century BC 640px-Philae_Temple_Complex%2C_Agilkia_Island%2C_Aswan%2C_AG%2C_EGY_%2848026832921%29.jpg

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

  • Kanīs al-Ḡarība جامع القيروان الأكبر [arb]
 synagoge Djerba 6th century BC 640px-El_Ghriba.jpg

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

mausoleum Dougga 2nd century BC 319px-TUNISIA_DOUGGA_MAUSOLEE_LIBYCO_PUNIQUE_001.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Libyco-Punic_Mausoleum

  • Bḥd.t [egy]
 temple Edfu 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

  • Qaṣr al-Jamm قصر الجم [arb]
 amphitheatre El Djem 228 640px-Anfiteatro%2C_El_Jem%2C_T%C3%BAnez%2C_2016-09-04%2C_DD_55-66_HDR_PAN.jpg

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

tomb Alexandria 2nd century 629px-%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC_%CE%95%CE%BB_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kom_el-Shoqafa

  • Jāmiʿ al-Qayrawān al-Akbar جامع القيروان الأكبر [arb]
 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

  • Ribāṭ al-Munastīr رباط المنستير [arb]
 ribāṭ Monastir 796 640px-Grand_Ribat_Monastir.JPG

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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ṣafāqis الجامع الكبير بصفاقس [arb]
 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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Sūsah الجامع الكبير بسوسة [arb]
 mosque Sousse 851 Aghlabid 640px-Great_Mosque_of_Sousse.jpg

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

  • Jāmiʿat al-Qarawīyīn جامعة القرويين [arb]
 mosque Fez 859 454px-University_of_Al_Qaraouiyine.jpg

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

  • Jāmiʿ al-Zaytūna جامع الزيتونة [arb]
 mosque Tunis 864 Aghlabid 640px-MinaretMosqueeZitounaTunis.JPG

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

  • Masjid Ibn Ḵayyirūn مسجد ابن خيرون [arb]
 mosque Kairouan 866 Aghlabid, Hafsid 640px-Mosqu%C3%A9e_des_trois_portes_04.JPG

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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr fī al-Mahdīyah الجامع الكبير في المهدية [arb]
 mosque Mahdia 916 Fatimid 640px-VueGrandeMosqueMahdia.JPG

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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr litilimsān الجامع الكبير لتلمسان [arb]
 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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr الجامع الكبير [arb]
 mosque Algiers 1097 Almoravid 640px-Djama%C3%A2_el_Kebir.jpg

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

  • Masjid al-Qalʿah مسجد القلعة [arb]
 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

  • Āyt ben Ḥaddu آيت بن حدّو [arb]
 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

  • Qubba al-Baʿdiyyin القبة المرابطية [arb]
 monument Marrakesh 1117 or 1125 Almoravid 381px-Almoravid_Qubba_IMG_5629.jpg

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

  • Masjid Tinmal مسجد تنمل [arb]
  • Timzgida n Tinml ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵏⵎⵍ [shi]
 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

  • Jāmiʿ al-Kutubiyya جامع الكتبية [arb]
 mosque Marrakesh between 1158 and 1195 Zirid 360px-Marokko0112.jpg

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

  • Masjid al-Salih Talaʿi مسجد الصالح طلائع [arb]
 mosque Cairo 1160 Fatimid 640px-Mosque_of_Salih_Talai_from_above.jpg

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

  • Masjid al-Qaṣabah مسجد القصبة [arb]
 mosque Marrakesh 1189/1190 Almohad 640px-Marrakesh_Kasbah_Mosque_view_from_roof_level.jpg

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

  • Ṣawmaʿat Ḥassān صومعة حسان [arb]
 mosque tower Rabat 1199 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

  • Jāmiʿ al-Qaṣabah جامع القصبة [arb]
 mosque Tunis 1233 Hafsid 640px-Tunis_Mosqu%C3%A9_Kasbah.JPG

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

  • Madrasat al-ʿaṭṭārīn مدرسة العطارين [arb]
 madrasa Fez 1325 Marinid 640px-Al-Attarine_Madrasa_%288754656512%29.jpg

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

  • al-Madrasa ʿabū ʿinānīya المدرسة البوعنانية [arb]
 madrasa Fez 1355 Marinid 640px-Bou_Inania_Madrasa_2011.jpg

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

  • Qalʿat Qāyitbāy قلعة قايتباي [arb]
 citadel Alexandria 1479 Mamluk 592px-Alexandria_Egypt_%28235108463%29.jpeg

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

  • Qaṣr Awlād Sulṭān مسجد الصالح طلائع [arb]
 fortified granery Tataouine 15th century 640px-Ksar_Ouled_Soltane_01.jpg

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

  • Madrasa ibn Yūsuf مدرسة ابن يوسف [arb]
 madrasa Marrakesh 1565 Saadian 640px-Coranic_School_%28106589859%29.jpeg

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

  • Masjid Bāb Dokāla مسجد باب دكالة [arb]
 mosque Marrakesh 1570/1571 Saadian 640px-Bab_Doukalla-Moschee%2C_Marrakesch_-_panoramio.jpg

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

  • Jamaʿ al-Muwāssīn جامع المواسين [arb]
 mosque Marrakesh 1572/1573 Saadian 640px-Mouassine_mosque_02.jpg

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

  • Ḍarīḥ al-Saʿdīyīn ضريح السعديين [arb]
 tomb Marrakesh late 16th century 360px-Saadian_Tombs_1044-HDR.jpg

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

  • Jāmiʿ Yūsuf Dāy جامع يوسف داي [arb]
 mosque Tunis 1631 640px-MinaretMosqu%C3%A9eSidiYousefDey.JPG

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

  • al-Jāmiʿ al-Jadīd الجامع الجديد [arb]
 mosque Algiers 1660 640px-Alger-Place-des-Martyrs-Casbah_cropped.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jamaa_al-Jdid_(Algiers)

  • Maʿbad ibn Dannān معبد ابن دنان [arb]
  • Beit K'néset Éven Dannān בית הכנסת אבן דאנן [heb]
 synagoge Fez 17th century 640px-Ibn_Danan_Synagogue_DSCF5080.jpg

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

  • Funduq al-Najjārin فندق النجارين [arb]
 kārvānsarāy Fez 1711 Marinid 640px-Dar_Tazi%2C_Fes%2C_Morocco_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg

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

  • Sabīl wa-Kuttāb ʿabd-al-Raḥmān Katkhudā سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا [arb]
 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

  • al-Sayyidah al-Ifrīqīyah السيدة الإفريقية [arb]
  • Notre-Dame d'Afrique [fra]
 church Algiers 1872 Byzantine Revival 640px-Notre_Dame_d%27Afrique.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Notre_Dame_d%27Afrique

  • Qaṣabat Tāwryrt سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا [arb]
 fortress Ouarzazate 19th century Berber 640px-Kasbah_Taourirt_2078_-_2080.jpg

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

  • Qaṣr al-Bāniyya قصر الباهية [arb]
 palace; museum Marrakesh 19th century Zirid 640px-Bahia_Palace_large_court.jpg

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


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