• A form of mosques originally made to mimic the Prophets mohammed's house in Medina. it's most prominent features are a courtyard usually surrounded by a covered "hypostyle" area.
• Most used by the Ummayyad's and abbasssid
• Ex: Great Mosque at Damascus, Cordorba Mosque.

• a Mosque categorized by for "iwans" or vaults

1. Four portals at aligned with the cross axis of plan opening onto central courtyard.

• the biggest iwan usually symbolize the qibla wall
• Iwans are also used for hospital's, schools, etc.
• Ex: isfahan Friday mosque

• Under the ottoman empire
• Large dome that demarks the centralized area, radiate from a central point

Ex: Suleymaniye Mosque

• Built by:
• Ottoman's
• date: 1558
• Style: Central-plan
• Location: Istanbul, Turkey
• Important features: 4 minarets, Large dome, with many small domes around it.

• Built By:
• Ummayyad
• Date: 691
• Location: Jerusalem
• It's a Shrine!
• Centralized Plan
• Important features: the location where the prophet ascended into heaven. Golden and veggie mosiacs all around the walls. Marble interiors

• Built by:
• Al-walid
• the ummayyads
• year 715
• Location: damascus, Syria
• style: courtyard-hypostyle
• Important Features: Axial Nave, built from stone.

• Built by:
• Byzantine and ottoman's
• Date: 6th century (532)
• Location: Constantinople (istantbul)
• Style: centralized
• Important features: Large centralized dome, 4 minarets

• Built By:
• Abbasids
• Date: 851 AD
• Location: Samarra, Iraq
• Important Features: Helicoidal Minaret, made from brick, stucco carving in floral and geometric designs, piers.
• Style: Courtyard-hypostyle.