Gertrude Lowthian Bell PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I UKHAI?IR CHAPTER II Q?AIR, MUDJ?AH, AND 'A?SHaN Q?AIR CHAPTER III QA?R-I-SHiRiN CHAPTER IV GENESIS OF THE EARLY MOHAMMADAN PALACE CHAPTER V THE FAaeADE CHAPTER VI THE MOSQUE CHAPTER VII THE DATE OF UKHAI?IR SUBJECT INDEX INDEX OF NAMES Contents. Subject Index Index of Names List of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image, will bring up a larger version.) (etext transcriber's note)

PALACE AND MOSQUE
AT UKHAIḌIR

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON   EDINBURGH   GLASGOW   NEW YORK
TORONTO   MELBOURNE   BOMBAY
HUMPHREY MILFORD M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY

PALACE AND MOSQUE
AT
UKHAIḌIR

A STUDY IN

EARLY MOHAMMADAN ARCHITECTURE

BY
GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL


O X F O R D
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1914

TO MY FRIEND

DR. WALTHER ANDRAE

IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF HAPPY AND PROFITABLE

DAYS SPENT IN THE FIRST CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA

WHICH HAS BEEN REVEALED BY HIS

LABOUR AND RECREATED BY

HIS LEARNING