Islamic architecture is more than just a spectacle of domes and minarets, perfumed pleasure palaces and exquisite turquoise tiles; it is a true expression of a rich culture that has unified countries as far apart as Spain and lava, Central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, over some thousand years and more. Social and economic structure, political motivation and visual sensibility of a pervasive and unified tradition. Underlying the variations from century to century and from region to region, unity of architectural conception testifies to the power and breadth of Islam. From theology to commerce, from war to private pleasure, from mysticism to technology, the range of Islamic culture is expressed in a supremely assured series of building.

This unique survey includes not only the central areas of Islam but peripheral areas such as Africa south of the Sahara and the Far East, where mosques and madrasas were often built in non-Islamic architectural styles.

Architecture is more than a history of form and style: it is a product of cultural and environmental factors and an expression of the way of life the people for whom it is built. The architecture of the Islamic world is the architecture of the Muslim people – from rulers and warriors, saints and teachers, merchants and travelers, to the modest family unit.

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