Muqarnas, Volume 8

Contents

Christopher S. Taylor, 'Reevaluating the Shi'i Role in the Development of Monumental Islamic Funerary Architecture: The Case of Egypt.'

Nuha N.N. Khoury, 'The Mihrab Image: Commemorative Themes in Medieval Islamic Architecture.'

Doris Behrens-Abouseif, 'The Facade of the Aqmar Mosque in the Context of Fatimid Ceremonial.'

Mohammad Al-Asad, 'The Mosque of Muhammad 'Ali in Cairo.'

Marilyn Jenkins, 'Early Medieval Islamic Pottery: The Eleventh Century Reconsidered.'

Robert B. Mason, Ronald M. Farquhar, and Patrick E. Smith, 'Lead-Isotope Analysis of Islamic Glazes: An Exploratory Study.'

A. Ghouchani and C. Adle, 'A Sphero-Conical Vessel as "Fuqqā 'a, or a Gourd for 'Beer.''

Summer S. Kenesson, 'Nasrid Luster Pottery: The Alhambra Vases.'

Massumeh Farhad, 'An Artist's Impression: Mu'in Musavvir's "Tiger Attacking a Youth.'

Barbara Finster, 'An Outline of the History of Islamic Religious Architecture in Yemen.'

Robert Hillenbrand, 'Turco-Iranian Elements in the Medieval Architecture of Pakistan: The Case of the Tomb of Rukn-i 'Alam at Multan.'

Subhash Parihar, 'A Little-Known Mughal College in India: The Madrasa of Shaykh Chillie at Thanesar.'

Wijdan Ali, 'The Status of Islamic Art in the Twentieth Century.'