AHI 1E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Al-Andalus, Al-Mutawakkil, Minaret
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Umayyad caliphs of al- andalus ruled from 756-1031. Abbasid caliphs of baghdad ruled from 749-1258. Ruler"s noble qualities, self- perception are translated through the architecture. Abbasids: they wanted to make a language that was completely different from the one used by umayyads. Their capital, unlike umayyads, set their capital as baghdad because it was not glorious and it did not have any previous links. Samarra: city close to baghdad, 836-883, royal city, there is a part that still is living today. We are focusing on the inhabited ruins of the city at the time of the abassids. The site is enormous and there are a lot of buildings. Great mosque of royal city (al- mutawakkil). This is the largest mosque of the city. So one big thing is that the size is huge. At one end of the site, an axis of the qibla wall, is a tower.
