History of Islamic Architecture

Islamic architecture is very widely grown both in building a secular and religious buildings in which both continue to grow until today. The architecture also has helped shape the rich Islamic civilization. The buildings were very influential in the development of Islamic architecture are mosques, tombs, palaces and forts all of which have a very extensive to other buildings, which are less significant, such as public bath tubs, fountains and other domestic buildings.
  
Variety of Islamic Architecture in the World...

1. Persia Architecture 

Persia is known cultures in contact with Islam for the first time. The east side of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers was the establishment of the Persian Empire in about the 7th century. Because of its proximity to the Persian empire, Islam tends to not only borrow from Persian culture, but also adopt. Islamic Architecture adopted myriad cultures of Persia, even to say islam architecture is an evolution of Persian architecture, which was since the presence of Islamic, Persian faded glory awaiting replaced by other cultures. Many cities, such as Baghdad, was built by the example of the old city persia example Firouzabad.
In fact, it can be known that the two architects were hired by al-Mansur to design the city in the early days was the legacy of the Persian Empire, which Naubakht, a Persian Zoroastrian, and a Jew from Khorasan, Iran is Mashallah. Persian style mosque can be seen in his trademark the brick pillars, large gardens and arches that supported several pillars. In East Asia, the Hindu architectural styles were also affected but eventually suppressed by the Persian culture when it was in its heyday.

2.Indonesian Architecture
 Before Islam came and developing countries, Indonesia has had cultural patterns are influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism as previously attached. With the advent of Islam, Indonesia re-experience the process of acculturation (the process of mixing the two (more) culture because of mixing of peoples and mutual influence), who gave birth to a new culture that is Islamic culture in Indonesia. Islam does not mean the entry of Hindu and Buddhist culture is lost. The teachings of Islam began in Indonesia early century spread of Islam in the archipelago made ​​Arab merchants, China, India and Persia. After that, the spread of Islam by Islamic kingdoms country through marriage, trade and warfare.

Many mosques in Indonesia exalted retaining the original form that resembles (for example) temple Hindu / Buddhist pagoda even East Asia, or also use the building construction and ornamentation typical of the area where the mosque is located. In further developments more mosque architecture adopts the Middle East, such as the onion dome and ornaments, the Dutch government introduced.

When viewed from the construction, the mosque greatly influenced the culture entered the area. Mosque used to be, especially in the island of Java, has a shape similar to the Hindu temple - Buddhism. This is due to acculturation between the local culture with foreign cultures.

Between regions with one another usually different forms. It is also influenced by environmental conditions and culture.

Cultural forms as a result of the acculturation process, not only is immaterial / material but also about the behavior of the people of Indonesia. Form of acculturation in the art can be seen in the building of the mosque, mausoleum, palace. For more details, please you see the following picture:

Being acculturation of an ancient mosque as shown in the picture has the following characteristics:

     1.The roof is a roof-shaped overlapping tiered getting to the top of the small pyramid-shaped tiers. Number roof odd 1, 3 or 5. And usually coupled with the pressure to give waterless keruncingannya called mustaka.
    2. Not equipped with a tower, like a mosque typically exist outside Indonesia or present, but is equipped with a gong or drum to call for azan or call to prayer. Drum and gong culture is native to Indonesia.
    3. The location of the mosque is usually close to the palace of the west of the square or even incorporated in the sacred places in the hills or near the tomb.