During the period of Anatolian Seljuks, a great importance was given to the urban development as the economic, political or military centers with a synthesis of Islamic, Turkish, Byzantine and Persian cultures. Special care was taken of the introduction of public services, especially the health services that have never been neglected. Seljuks have considered medicine of utmost importance and ha...

Minbar is one of the most important additional architectural elements of any mosque. Its importance in emphasizing the Qiblah direction as well as the position of Imam in order to deliver sermon (khutba) leads to the flourish and interference of a fairly large number of handicrafts like wooden decorations and related features specific to the mosque architecture like tile works and stucco design...

The Gagauzes are a small Turkish-speaking ethnic group living mostly in southern Moldova and northeastern Bulgaria. The origin of the Gagauzes is obscure. They may be descendants of the Turkic nomadic tribes from the Eurasian steppes, as suggested by the "Steppe" hypothesis, or have a complex Anatolian-steppe origin, as postulated by the "Seljuk" or "Anatolian" hypothesis. To distinguish these ...

Mosques are the most specific structures of Islamic city. The formation these buildings in history also gives direction to architectural character period. top cover system and dome have been important elements space organization. In mosques Anatolian Seljuk period, single-dome arrangement was developed Ottoman period reached central domes side naves. Today's mosque architecture is affected by d...

Pottery art in Iran reached its apex during the Seljuk and Kharazmshahi eras. In these two periods, artists produced high-quality wares,with Minai decorations which were considered as masterpieces of Islamic art from an aesthetical point of view. These wares were decorated with motifs existing in manuscripts illustrated by artists from Baghdad and Seljuk miniature painting schools portraying ep...

the seljuk branch of kerman was established around 433 a.h. by the attempts of ghavord ibn choghri beig who had been sent to conquer kerman by the order of toghrol beig. he could establish a new government in the conquered land, the one which was inherited in his family up to 583 a.h. the study of this part of seljuk reign makes it clear that although there have been some discussions regarding ...

with its favorable geographical location, qazvin has long been a center of civilization in the iranian plateau. due to its strategic importance and being situated on the way to routes going to west and east, qazvin has always enjoyed military and political significance in both the pre-islamic and the islamic period. after the muslim arabs’ conquest of persia, qazvin became one of the borders of...

The Seljuks, with their important role in Islamic civilization, spent two periods lives, which paved the way for many changes and innovations art, especially pottery. first period is era of authority, appeared world as an empire, second disintegration, downfall. purpose this study to investigate developments Seljuk society how social structure influences evolution pottery these periods. With a ...