Problems in Islamic Architecture

THE object of this article1 is not to present the progress made in the West in the study of Islamic architecture. This has been accomplished in a recent paper by Dr. Ettinghausen who has appropriately included it in the story of the development in the West of the study of Islamic art and archaeology.2 It is rather the purpose of the present contribution to give specific illustrations of the application of the newer, more comprehensive techniques of research in this specialized field of Islamic architecture and, it is believed, some indication of the fruitfulness of the use of such techniques. The result will interest primarily the specialist, but, it is hoped, not be lacking in profit to the general reader and student as well.