Earthly paradise : the garden in the times of the great Muslim empires / Abdul Rahman.

By:

Rehman, Abdul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lahore : Habibur Rehman Research Foundation, c2001.Description: 171 p. : chiefly col. ill. map ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9698230033
9789698230036

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 720.882971 REH 6887

LOC classification:

SB457.8 .R44 2001

Summary: Earthly Paradise is an architectural history work that explores the profound symbolic and functional role of gardens within the great Islamic empires, specifically focusing on how the earthly garden was conceived as a reflection of the Quranic Paradise (Jannah).

Item type: Book

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-167) and index.

Earthly Paradise is an architectural history work that explores the profound symbolic and functional role of gardens within the great Islamic empires, specifically focusing on how the earthly garden was conceived as a reflection of the Quranic Paradise (Jannah).

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