Islam from Baghdad to Cordoba : early architecture from the 7th to the 13th century /
Henri Stierlin
- Hong Kong : Taschen, 2009.
- 224 p.
- Taschen's world architecture. .
Translated from the French. Originally published 1996.
Introduction : the origins of Islam -- The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem -- The Great Mosque of the Umayyads of Damascus -- Umayyad palaces -- Umayyad splendor in Cordoba -- The grandeur of the Abbasid Caliphate -- The diversity of Muslim Egypt -- The disintegration of the far western empire -- Upheavals in the near east -- Conclusion : new concepts of space.