Abbasid dynasty, 64–66, 67, 68, 70, 74, 82, 135–136, 149, 150, 151, 152, 164, 176
‘Abd al-Rahman III, 70
‘Abduh, Muhammad, 106
Abdülhak Hâmid, 109
Abdülhamid II, Sultan, 109
Abu Firas, 77
Abu Talib Kalim, 99
Adam of Two Edens, The, 119
Adonis, 120
Ahmed Hasim, 110
Akif, Mehmed, 109
Alexander the Great, 27, 75, 76, 77, 148
‘Ali, Muhammed Kurd, 104
‘Ali Shah mosque, 193
al-Ansari, Khwajah ‘Abd Allah, 79, 88
Anvari, 77
al-Aqmar mosque, 164
al-‘Aqqad, ‘Abbas Mahmud, 105, 106
al-Aqsa Mosque, 139–142
Arabic language, overview of, 37–38
Arabs, society and culture of, 17–19
‘Aref Qazvini, 112
Arslan, Amir Shakib, 104
Asadi, 76
Asrar-e khudi, 113
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 109, 110
Atesten gömlek, 109
atomist theory, 36
‘Attar, Farid al-Din, 79–80
Averroës, 71
Avicenna, 70–71
Azad Bilgrami, 98
al-Azhar mosque, 164
Baghdad, construction of, 152
Baha’i faith, 27
Bahar, 111
Baharestan, 88
baked brick architecture, 153, 175
Bâkî, 101
Bal‘ami, 90
Bamba, Amadou, 121
al-Bayati, ‘Abdul Wahhab, 117
Bedouins, society and culture of, 18, 19–21
Behramoglu, Ataol, 120
Behzad, 199
Bengalis, society and culture of, 21–22
Benim adim kirmizi, 115
Beyatli, Yahya Kemal, 110
Beyaz kale, 115
Brecht, Bertolt, 114
al-Bukhari, 64
Bustan, 82
Butterfly’s Burden, The, 119
calligraphy, 32, 36, 38–42, 56, 132, 160, 167, 168, 175, 180, 185, 186, 218, 219, 221
Cappella Palatina chapel, 166
caravansaries, 152, 172–173, 174, 204, 206
Cem, Sultan, 100
ceramics/pottery, 78, 126, 155, 158–160, 161, 168, 179, 186, 207, 217, 219, 220, 221
Cevdet Bey ve ogullari, 115
Chahar maqaleh, 90
Chekhov, Anton, 103
chronograms, 56
Córdoba, Great Mosque of, 143–144, 153, 154, 156
Damascus, Great Mosque of, 139–142, 219
Dastan-e Amir Hamzeh, 213
Divan, 86
divani script, 41
Diwan, 58
Dome of the Rock, 145, 156, 187
Dowlatshah, 87
Elahi-nameh, 80
Eliot, T.S., 117
Emin, Mehmed, 109
Evliya Çelebî, 101
al-Farabi, 68
al-Farazdaq, 64
Farrokhi of Seistan, 75
Farrokhzad, Forugh, 120
Fatimid art and architecture, 163–169
Fi al-shi’r al-jahili, 107
“Four Righteous Caliphs,” 62
Fuzûlî, 101
Gâlib Dede, 102
Garshasb-nameh, 76
geographical literature, 71–72
Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan, 112–113
ghazal, explanation of, 52
Gibb, Sir Hamilton, 66
glass, 126, 159–160, 179, 187, 190
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 34, 50
Gökalp, Ziya, 109
Golestan, 82
Gregorian, Vartan, 17
habsiyah, 77
Hadiqat al-haqiqat wa shari‘at al-tariqah, 79
Hafez, Mohammad Shams al-Din, 85, 86–87
Hafiz Ibrahim, Muhammad, 105
al-Hakim mosque, 164
Halat hisar, 118
al-Hamadhani, Badi‘ al-Zaman, 69
Hamdollah Mostowfi, 90
al-Hariri, 69
Hasan of Delhi, 83
Hausa, society and culture of, 22–23
Haykal, Muhammad Husayn, 106
Hayy ibn Yaqzan, 71
Hedayat, Sadeq, 112
Al-Huda, 108
Husayn Bayqara, 199
Hûsn u ask, 102
hypostyle mosque, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 149, 153, 164, 165, 183, 212
Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi, 70
Ibn al-Bawwab, 40
Ibn al-Farid, 82
Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, 68
Ibn al-Mu‘tazz, 66
Ibn Battutah, 72
Ibn Da’ud, 67
Ibn Hani’, 70
Ibn Hazm, 67
Ibn Iyas, 74
Ibn Jubayr, 72
Ibn Muqlah, 40
Ibn Qutaybah, 70
Ibn Quzman, 72–73
Ibn Tufayl, 71
Ibn Tulun mosque, 156
Ibn Zaydun, 72
Idris, Yusuf, 114
al-Idrisi, al-Sharif, 72
Imru’ al-Qays, 60
Ince Memed, 114
Iqbal, Sir Muhammad, 70, 79, 113
al-‘Iqd al-farid, 70
Islam
branches of, 27
development and spread of, 18, 22
and prohibition against images, 32, 129, 131–134
Istanbul: hatiralar ve sehir, 115
Jabal Says palace, 148
Jamalzadeh, Mohammad ‘Ali, 112
Jami‘ al-tawarikh, 91, 195–196
Jamil, 63
Jarir, 64
Jawsaq al-Khaqani palace, 150
Jidariyya, 119
Joveyni, ‘Ata Malek-e, 90–91
Ka‘b, 62
Kafka, Franz, 112
Kanik, Orhan Veli, 120
Kar, 115
Karacaoglan, 102
Kara kitap, 115
Karaosmanoglu, Yakup Kadri, 110
Kasra’i, Seyavush, 120
Kaviani Press, 111–112
Kemal, Namik, 108
Kemal, Yasar, 114
al-Khansa’, 58
Khirbat al-Mafjar palace, 148, 149, 154, 157, 219
Khirbat Minyah palace, 148
Khushhal Khan, 99–100
Khwaju Kermani manuscript, 197
Khwatay-namak, 68
Kitab al-badi‘, 66
Kitab al-‘ibar, 73
Kitab al-zahrah, 67
Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq, 72
Kufah palace, 150
Kurdish literature, 49
Kurds, society and culture of, 24–25
Lahuti, 112
Lava’ih, 88
madrasahs, 147, 171, 176, 183, 189, 201, 204, 209
maghribi script, 40
Maguzawa/Bunjawa, 22
Mahfouz, Naguib, 114
Mahmud of Ghazna, 75
al-Mala’ikah, Nazik, 117
Malays, society and culture of, 25–26
Al-Manar, 106
al-Manfaluti, 105
al-Mansur, 152
Manteq al-teyr, 79–80
maqamah, explanation of, 54
Maragheh mausoleum, 192
Marx, Karl, 114
Masnavi-ye Ma‘navi, 80
masnawi, explanation of, 53–54
Mas‘ud-e Sa‘d-e Salman, 77
Masumiyet müzesi, 115
Maupassant, Guy de, 103
mausoleums, 146, 154, 165, 170–171, 174, 175, 183, 189, 201, 212
al-Mazini, Ibrahim, 105
Merv mausoleum, 192
Mevlûd, 85
Meydan-e Shah, 209–210
metalwork, 27, 124, 126, 179, 186, 187, 190, 208, 219, 220
miniature/book illustration, 33, 35, 36, 90, 102, 168–169, 179–181, 190, 195–199, 208, 210–211, 213, 222
Mir ‘Ali of Tabriz, 40
“Mirror for Princes,” 89
Mongol Iran art, 190–199
mosaics, 33, 141, 154, 160, 165–166, 219
Mosibat-nameh, 80
“Mosque of Córdoba, The,” 70
mosques, 28, 33, 34, 70, 95, 129–131, 136–144, 147, 149, 152, 154, 156, 164–165, 170–171, 173–174, 176, 182–183, 201, 202, 204–205, 206, 209, 212, 220
Mozarabic art, 186
Mshatta palace, 148, 149, 153, 157
al-Mu‘allaqat/The Seven Odes, 57, 60
Mu’awiyah, 62–63
Mudéjar art, 186
Mudhakkirat, 107
Mughal art, 212–213
musamarah, 61
Mush o-gorbeh, 87
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, 64
Mustaqbal al-thaqafah fi Misr, 107
al-Mutanabbi, Abu al-Tayyib, 68, 70
Mutran, Khalil, 105
mystical poetry, 79–83, 85, 87, 96, 99, 100, 102
Nahj al-balaghah, 62
naskhi script, 40
nasta‘liq, 40
Nava’i, ‘Ali Shir, 48
Nedim, 102
Nef‘î, 101–102
Nesimî, 100
Niyazî Misrî, 102
Nizam al-Mulk, 89
Nobel Prize for Literature, 114
Nuzhat al-qulub, 90
‘Obeyd-e Zakani, 87
Öljeitü mausoleum, 192–193
Ottoman art, 200–208, 212, 213, 217–218
palace-cities, 150
palaces, 148–151, 152, 161, 172, 174, 183, 204, 218–219
panegyric, 52, 57, 65, 68, 75, 85, 87, 98
papermaking, 69
Parvin E‘tesami, 112
Persian painting, 195–199, 208, 213
Persians, society and culture of, 26–28
Philosophus Autodidactus, 71
Pir Sultan Abdal, 84–85
pottery/ceramics, 78, 126, 155, 158–160, 161, 168, 179, 186, 207, 217, 219, 220, 221
Qa’ani, 111
Qabus-nameh, 89
qasidah, 51, 52, 53, 60, 63, 64, 65, 68, 74, 77, 82, 99, 101, 105
Qasr al-Hayr East palace, 148, 153, 157
Qasr al-Hayr West palace, 148, 154, 157
Qasr al-Kharanah palace, 148
Qasr al-Tubah palace, 148
Qatran, 77
qit‘ah, explanation of, 53
Qur’an, 17, 18, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45, 55, 56, 61–62, 64, 65, 73, 80, 88, 97, 107, 128–129, 131 134, 156
Rad-Kan mausoleum, 192
Rashid al-Din, 91
“Rebellion in Hell,” 108
ribats, 145–146
al-Rihani, Amin, 108
roba‘i, explanation of, 53
Rückert, Friedrich, 50
Rudaki, 74
al-Rumi, Jalal al-Din, 36, 80–82, 84, 113
al-Rusafah palace, 148
Sabaheddin Ali, 110
Safar-nameh, 78
Sahra, 109
Sa’ib, 99
al-Sa’igh, Tawfiq, 120
al-Salih mosque, 164
Samarra’ palace, 150, 151, 157, 166
Sarakhs mausoleum, 192
Sayr al-‘ibad ila al-ma‘ad, 79
scholarly writing and Islamic literature, 44
sculpture, 125, 128, 154–155, 160, 165, 178, 183
Sehzade Mosque, 204
Selim I, Sultan, 96
Seyahatnâme, 101
Seyasat-nameh, 89
Shafi‘i, 26
Shah-nameh, 75, 195, 196–197, 210
Shanfara, 60–61
Shawqi, Ahmad, 105
Sinasi, 108
“Song of Revenge,” 61
Sufism/Sufis, 25, 48, 80, 81, 84, 88, 95, 162
Süleyman Çelebi, 85
Süleyman I the Magnificent, Mosque of, 204–205
Sundanese, society and culture of, 28
Surname-i Vehbi, 208
syllable-counting metres, 51, 102
Ta’abbata Sharran, 60–61
al-Tabari, 90
Taha Husayn, 105–107
Tahmasp, 208
al-Tahtawi, 103
ta‘liq script, 40
Tarikh-e jehan-goshay, 90
Tasvir-i Efkâr, 108–109
al-Tawhidi, Abu Hayyan, 68
Tawq al-hamamah, 67
Taymur, Mahmud, 106
“Tears of Khorasan,” 77
textiles, 126–127, 158, 160, 167, 179, 186, 208, 211, 219, 222
Thousand and One Nights, The, 34, 91, 92–94, 151
Tolstoy, Leo, 103–104
Topkapi Saray palace, 206
“Tulip Period,” 102
Tuti-nameh, 89
Uighurs, society and culture of, 28–30
Ukhaydir palace, 149
‘Umar ibn Abi Rabi‘ah, 63
Umayyad dynasty, 62–64, 70, 135–136, 139, 148, 149, 154, 156, 160, 176, 220, 222
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 119
urban design, 151–152
Uzbeks, society and culture of, 30–31
Varamin mosque, 192
Varlik, 120
al-Walid ibn Yazid, 63
western Islamic art, 181–186
West-östlicher Divan, 50
Yaghma, 111
Yavuz, Hilmi, 120
Yeni hayat, 115
al-Zahawi, Jamil Sidqi, 108
Zaydan, Jurji, 104
Zaynab, 106
Ziya Pasa, 108
Zoroaster, 27
Zuhayr, 60