Architecture in the Muslim world exhibits a range of commonalities across time and space. Against this underpinning of recognisably Islamic motifs, significant variations have also emerged, reflecting the use of local materials, regional traditions, imperial imagery, and...
Islam entered India at the time of the Umayyad Caliphate through conquest, first by way of the Makrān coast and subsequently over the frontier passes into the Northern Punjab. Meanwhile Muslim traders settled along the coast of...