Andrew Petersen's dictionary of Islamic architectural terms, originally published by Routledge in 1996, is available here with links to related buildings and publications on ArchNet.
The Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) offers free and open access to the rich cultural legacy of the Middle East and North Africa by bringing together collections from a wide range of cultural heritage institutions. Includes material from 11000 BCE to the present, in multiple languages including Arabic, Hebrew, and English.
A comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The Encyclopædia is an international, collaborative project, based at Columbia University.
Through the Islamic Heritage Project (IHP), Harvard University has cataloged, conserved, and digitized hundreds of Islamic manuscripts, maps, and published texts. These rare—and frequently unique—materials are now freely available to Internet users worldwide.
From Yale University Library. OACIS for the Middle East (Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials) is a union list of serials from or about the Middle East. The mission of OACIS is to improve access to Middle Eastern serials in libraries in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
Includes texts of the holy Qu'ran, the Hadith, a selection of Sufi texts and a variety of other related literary and non-literary texts.
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