... Mecca (Figs. 12–17). The central mihra¯ b of the ˙ of the fourteenth century. Moreover, the additional fea- Mosque of Karı¯m al-Dı¯n is the only niche in either tures that it shares with the dated Mosque of Karı¯m...

... temple, and platform with mihra¯ b in the fort at Kadwa¯ha¯. Photograph by author. ˙ ˙ fewer than fifteen temples built between the ninth and 1290–1316) and Tughluq (ca. 1320–1398) ascendancy. eleventh centuries ce, but it also served as the principal At...

.... mosque. Moreover, the arrangement of the lı¯wa¯ n’s ceil- ings creates an axial emphasis on the central mihra¯ b...