Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, east end of hall 3.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, west end of hall 3.

Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, vaulted ramp in corridor 12.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, court M, south antechamber, showing door leading into corridor 42.

Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, south-west corner of court M, showing corridor 42.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, east side of courts O and Q.

Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, west side of courts Q and S.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, south-west corner of court S.

Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, court V, looking west.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, gateway between courts U and V, west arch.

Palace of Khusrau, gateway between courts U and V, south-east angle of room 82.

Palace of Khusrau, court W, with rooms 97 and 98.

Fig. 1. Palace of Khusrau, eastern double ramp.

Fig. 2. Palace of Khusrau, north buildings.

Qaṣr-i-Shîrin, Chehâr Qapû.

Fig. 1. Chehâr Qapû, interior of east gate.

Chehâr Qapû, court D and hall 54, from east.

Fig. 1. Chehâr Qapû, vault of room 31.

Fig. 2. Chehâr Qapû, squinch in room 39.

Fig. 1. Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, south-east corner.

Fig. 2. Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, squinch in south-west corner.

Fig. 1. Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, exterior of south door.

Fig. 2. Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, interior of south door.

Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, from south.

Chehâr Qapû, hall 54, from west.

Fig. 1. Sarvistân, small domed chamber.

(From L’Art antique de la Perse’, by kind permission of M. Dieulafoy.)

Fig. 2. Hatra, oversailing vault in main palace.

Sarvistân

(From ‘Voyage en Perse’: Flandin & Coste.)

Sargon’s Palace at Khorsâbâd.

(From ‘Ninive’: Place.)

Fig. 1. Gate at Khorsâbâd.

(From ‘Ninive’: Place.)

Fig. 2. Ḍumair.

(From ‘Provincia Arabia’, by kind permission of Professor Brünnow.)

Fig. 1. Kharâneh.

(Phot. by Dr. Moritz.)

Fig. 2. Kharâneh, gateway.

(Phot. by Dr. Moritz.)

Fig. 1. Kharâneh, interior of court.

(Phot. by Dr. Moritz.)

Fig. 2. Kharâneh, interior of audience hall.

(Phot. by Dr. Moritz.)

Mshattâ.

(From ‘Mschattâ’, by kind permission of Professor Strzygowski.)

Fig. 1. Petra, Corinthian tomb.

Fig. 2. Petra, al-Dair.

Ctesiphon.

(From ‘L’Art antique de la Perse’, by kind permission of M. Dieulafoy.)

Ukhaiḍir, reconstructed north façade of central court.

Fig. 1. Parthian decoration, Assur.

Fig. 2. Sasanian silver dish (Hermitage, St. Petersburg, No. 2969).

(Phot. F. Bruckmann A.-G., Munich.)

Details of decoration from Medînat al-Zahrâ.

(By kind permission of M. Velazquez Bosco.)

Fig. 1. Djebel Sindjâr, khân.

Fig. 2. Ḥasan Kaif, mosque.

Fig. 1. Cairo, mosque of Ibn Ṭulûn.

Fig. 2. Mosque of Abû Dulaf.

Diyârbekr, Ulu Djâmi’.

Fig. 1. Cairo, mosque of Ibn Ṭulûn.

Fig. 2. Sâmarrâ, mosque.

Mosque of Ṣalaḥ al-Dîn, Mayâfârqîn.