Other than Istanbul and Cordoba is there any city that actually

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Samarkand?

But I agree that the archeological remains of the "Islamic Golden Age" are very lacking. Even Córdoba is not really that impressive.

>>1923605

I don't know, I wouldn't call that breathtaking.

Hell I can't think of a single aesthetically pleasing Iranian landmark.

Maybe Pakistan and India would be better choices.

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>>1923614
teheran is nice

>>1923614
>Maybe Pakistan and India would be better choices

I have been to India and all the best and most interesting stuff is Hindu, Sikh, or Buddhist.

>>1923595
that has to be the most beautiful mosque in existence

it's like from a fantasy movie

mosques are usually piss ugly

>>1923669
Once the oil money runs out it will lose its sheen as maintenance would be reduced.

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>>1923669
>mosques are usually piss ugly

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There are some cool looking mosques in China, but nothing that is "large scale". Also Malay/Indonesian mosques are pretty "uniqe"

>>1923698

The only good looking mosque is the blue mosque and maybe the Cairo one.

Everything else is...meh.

>>1923715
Ofcourse its aubjective but everywhere from bosnia till eastern china is full with mosques you can't tell me that of those thousands you only like two.
I'm sure if you would have traveled around and seen more you would come up with more but I'll agree that the blue mosque is one of the best ones.

>>1923738
Meant western china.

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>>1923715
What about this?

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Cairo
Damascus
Isfahan
Samarkand
Bukhara
Delhi
Edirne
Yazd
Fes
Granada
Aleppo
Mandu
Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
Lahore
Bijapur
Plenty of others, and there are other impressive monuments outside of big cities.

Also plenty of ruined cities that have now been mostly lost to us like Baghdad, Samarra, Gazna, Nishapur, etc.

In my opinion, Islam has always had some of the best architecture in the world, but never actually had the very best. India/Southeast had the best from the 7th to the 12th centuries, while the West had the best after that. Maybe around the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries Islam was on par with the West, but generally it comes in second place. I know I'm autistic.

>>1923605
The 'Islamic Golden Age' is a term for literature, philosophy and science. I wish people would stop acting like it has anything to do with art or architecture.

As for Cordoba, it's pretty impressive for its time in the 10th century. The only contemporary stuff that's comparable is in India and East Asia.

>>1923744

Too recent.

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>>1923747
Cairo, 1285

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>>1923758
1359

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>>1923760
c. 1505

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>>1923763
1503

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>>1923750
I think this one is pretty cool.(9th Century)

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>>1923758
It doesn't look much more impressive than Norman churches in Sicily, and Cairo was the heart of the Islamic world.

>>1923595
The fucking Mecca? Like, the holiest place in that religion?

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>>1923767
Damascus, 1750

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>>1923775
1752

>>1923771
What's your point? I already said that European architecture was better.

Anyway those Norman churches are basically a mashup of Western, Byzantine and Islamic architecture.

>>1923772
The Saudis bulldozed all of the historical sites in Mecca and Medina.

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>>1923783
715

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>>1923790
Isfahan, 1088.

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>>1923794
1670

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>>1923796
1602

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>>1923799
1629

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>>1923801

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>>1923802
Samarkand, 1404.

Also >>1923747 is from the 15th to 17th centuries.

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>>1923807
1505.

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>>1923809
1435

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1770

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>>1923812
Bukhara, 11th-16th centuries.

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>>1923818
1623

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>>1923821
Delhi, 1656

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>>1923827

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>>1923830
1572

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>>1923832
13th-14th centuries.

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>>1923839
Edirne, 1574

My favourite Ottoman mosque.

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>>1923846

>>1923846
Looks Hagia Sophia inspired.

I can dig it.

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>>1923848
1414

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Huaisheng Mosque, 627

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>>1923856
Yazd, mid-14th century.

>>1923853
Ottoman stuff usually is.

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>>1923864
1325

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>>1923867
Fes, 1357.

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>>1923874
1323

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>>1923875
1325

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>>1923876
Granada, 1362-1391

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>>1923887
Okay I'm tired of going through every city, I'm just going to post a few more.

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>>1923889
Bijapur

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>>1923893
Agra, 1640

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>>1923898

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>>1923902

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>>1923905
Fatehpur Sikri, 1577

>>1923614
Isfahan is quite nice

>>1923771
it's because shitskins were always subhuman

"Islamic Golden Age" is a libtard bullshit

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>>1924220
>Being triggered

>>1923595
>what is the hagia sophia

look at this uneducated retard

>>1923595
>Istanbul
>not Constantinople

>implying Islamic Ottoman mosques aren't just straight ripoffs of Hagia Sophia, a Christian church
I miss when /his/ used to shit on anything Turkish related, too many cucks here