minaret

Examples of minaret in the following topics:

• Islamic Architecture

  • Founded in 670, it contains all of the architectural features that distinguish early mosques: a minaret, a large courtyard surrounded by porticos, and a hypostyle prayer hall.
  • They incorporated vaults, domes, square dome plans, slender corner minarets, and columns into their mosques, which became sanctuaries of transcendently aesthetic and technical balance and may be observed in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • The Blue Mosque represents the culmination of Ottoman construction with its numerous domes, slender minarets and overall harmony.

• Architecture under the Sultanate of Delhi

  • Made of fluted red sandstone and marble, the Qutb Minar is the tallest minaret in India, standing at a height of 238 feet.
  • The walls of the minaret are covered with Indian floral motifs and verses from the Quran.
  • One of the earliest and best known of the Delhi Sultanate architectural monuments, and also the tallest minaret in India.

• Mughal Dynasty

  • Four minarets frame the tomb, one at each corner of the plinth facing the chamfered corners.The marble dome that surmounts the tomb is the most spectacular feature.
  • The minarets, which are each more than 130 feet tall, display the designer's penchant for symmetry.
  • The minarets were constructed slightly outside of the plinth so that in the event of collapse (a typical occurrence for many tall constructions of the period), the material from the towers would tend to fall away from the tomb.

• Architecture of Djenne

  • The qibla, which face the direction of Mecca, is dominated by three large, box-like minarets jutting out from the main wall.
  • Each minaret is topped with an ostrich egg.
  • The central minaret is approximately 48 feet tall.

• Ottoman Empire

  • They incorporated vaults, domes, square dome plans, slender corner minarets, and columns into their mosques, which became sanctuaries of transcendently aesthetic and technical balance.
  • Flanked by four tall minarets and crowned by a monumental dome, the mosque also has a remarkable interior, which is lit by a multitude of tiny windows that allow the tiled walls to sparkle in the interplay of shadow and light .

• Architecture of the Mughal Period

  • Four tall minarets extend from the corners of the plinth.

• The Java Culture

  • Traditional mosques in Java maintain a distinctive Javanese style with both the pendopo and a trapezoidal roof, rather than the more typical dome and minarets.