The Textbook of Architecture

The Cabinet of Models

The neighbourhood mosque

A small mosque in the manner of each region, its qibla wall at the back.

The neighbourhood mosque Open in Models ↗

Illustrates: Early Islamic (Umayyad and Abbasid) · Moorish (Western Islamic) · Persian Islamic (Seljuk, Timurid and Safavid) · Ottoman · Mughal

The rules it illustrates

The Friday mosque on its rock. Raise the Friday mosque on the highest ground of the city and on a lofty plinth, approached by broad flights of steps on three sides, with its main gate facing the palace and its prayer hall facing Mecca.