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Sabil-kuttab 

What does Sabil-kuttab mean? Meaning: building, or part of a building, with a public fountain on the first floor and an elementary school on the upper floor (found mainly in Mamluk…

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Email 

What does Email mean? Meaning: the fixing of molten glass to a support, usually metal or glass.  

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Madrassa 

What does Madrassa mean? Meaning: designates a school, whether secular or religious, whatever the denomination. In Islamic architecture, it often refers to a Koranic school.  

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Saz (style)

What does Saz (style)mean? Meaning: Turkish term for a decorative style characterized by vegetal compositions combined with long, serrated leaves. These ornaments were used in Ottoman art on various types…

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Gul-i-bulbul 

What does Gul-i-bulbul mean? Meaning: gul-i-bulbul style (rose and nightingale) is an expression of Persian origin, used to designate a style of decoration characterized by plant motifs, including, but not necessarily…

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Maqsura 

What does Maqsura mean? Meaning: designates a small, private room. In the religious sphere, it refers to the private area reserved for the sovereign to pray.  

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Tughra

What does Tughramean? Meaning: refers to the monograms of Ottoman sultans, in the form of highly sophisticated calligraphy, including the sultan's name, title, direct ancestry and the formula "always victorious"…

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Haft-rang 

What does Haft-rang mean? Meaning: (Persian for "seven colors"). See Minaï  

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Mina’ï 

What does Mina'ï mean? Meaning: (from Persian mina, "enamel"). Term applied to a type of ceramic that undergoes two firings, the first at high temperature, for the glaze and colors that…

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Waqâla 

What does Waqâla mean? Meaning: term used mainly by the Mamluks and Ottomans to designate a waqf-type caravanserai, and sometimes, no doubt abusively, its outbuildings (mausoleum, public fountain, elementary school, madrasa...);…

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Waterweed 

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Waqâla 

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Tughra

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Saz (style)