The Umayyad congregational mosque of Jarash in Jordan and its relationship to early mosques

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 304, 2005, Pages 362-378

  Walmsley, Alan ^a   Damgaard, Kristoffer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Islamic; Jordan; Mosque; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; RELIGION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 21144442522     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114152     Document Type: Article

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