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Sahn

Large sahn of the Mosque of Uqba, surrounded by riwaq (arcades), in Tunisia.

A sahn (Arabic: صَحْن, ṣaḥn), is a courtyard in Islamic architecture, especially the formal courtyard of a mosque.[1][2][3][4] Most traditional mosques have a large central sahn, which is surrounded by a riwaq or arcade on all sides.

  1. ^ Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila S., eds. (2009). "Mosque". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195309911.
  2. ^ Petersen, Andrew (1996). Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge. p. 247. ISBN 9781134613663.
  3. ^ "The Mosque". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ Davies, Nikolas; Jokiniemi, Erkki (2008). Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction. Routledge. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-136-41025-3.

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