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TheAbbasids(749-1258)
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ThelongestliveddynastyoftheIslamiccaliphate.Dividedintotwomainperiods:749-945(foundingofempire)andaBer
945(disintegraConofempire)intosmallerindependentrules.
Spread&Influence
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Areaofinfluences:Iraq,Iran&Egypt
Capital:BaghdadandSamarra(836-892)
Brightness
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IMPORTANTRULERS:
AbuAbbasal-Saffah(749754) Al-Mansur(754775) Al-Mahdi(775785)
Harunal-Rashid(786809) Al-Mamun(813833) Al-Mutasim(833842)
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THEREAK-UPOFAASIDONTROL
NorthAfrica&Egypt
Aghlabid(800909) Tulunid(868905) Shiite(9091171)
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Baghdad: cityforhugevolumetrade Locatednearsea-goingtraffic
DiverseinfluencefromEastandWest
ThespreadofArabiclanguageasthelinguafranca
ImpactontheChangeofCapital
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aghdadbecametheIslamicRomewhereideas,artefacts
fromIndia,hinaandEurasianwereabsorbedand
transformedintouniquefeaturesofIslamicarts
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In the early periods, Islamic arts were marked by Graeco-Roman
classicism and ByzanUne-ChrisUan characters ofMediterranean
cultures, arts developments of the Abbasidperiods were disCnguished
for their Eastern or Oriental
sophisCcaCons.
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SimilariUeswithmayyadArts
EclecCc Experimental Propagandist
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MajordisUnguishingfeaturesofAbbasids
PalacebuiltintheconceptofPalace-ity Squareplan
UseofProporConing3:2
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ThreemethodsofsurfacedecoraUonsusingstuccotechniquesonbaked
brickconstrucUons
Decoratedbands,naturalisCc
SurfaceDecoraCons
eveledabstractedforms,
symmetricalandrepeCCous
Plainbands,stylisedflowersandleaves
SAMARRA
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GREATMOSQUEOFAL-MUTAWAKKIL
uiltbyaliphAl-Mutawakkilinbakedbricks,bujressedbysemi-circulartowers.
Dimension239x156metersin3:2proporCon
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GREATMOSQEOFAL-MTAWAKKIL
Exteriorwallswithsemi-circulartowers,decoratedwithfrieze
recessedsquares
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GREATMOSQUEAL-MUTAWAKKIL,SAMARRA
Malwiyathespiralminaret,oBenlinkedtoMesopotamianziggurats
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Baghdad
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AviewofFiruzabad,Iranc.224-241
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GREATMOSQUEAL-RAFIQA,AGHDAD
SERVEDASGARRISONOFSOLDIERSFROMKHORASANUILTINMUD-RIKS
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GREATMOSQUEOFISFAHAN,IRANThefour-iwancourtyards,with
rippleofsmalldomescovering
hypostyleprayerhalls
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GREATMOSQUEISFAHANExtra-ordinaryribbedstructureatthe
backoftheiwansupporCnglarge
honey-combvaults(muqarnas)
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OTHERMOSQUES:MOSQUEOFNAYIN(MID10THENTURY,DAMGHAN)
N A Y I N w a s a nimpor tan t tr adin g
point in central Iran;
this mosque built by
theuyids.
MOSQUE IN TULUN AIRO (876 879)
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MOSQUEINTULUN,AIRO(876879)
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TOMS
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TOMOFQAUSINWUSHMGIR(1006/7)
RULEROFZIYARIDDYNASTY
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PALAEOFUKHAIDIR
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