EditorialKhalil Haqqani, a prominent figure among the Taliban, at Friday prayer at the Pul-i-Khishti mosque in Kabul on Aug. 20, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Old Blue-Tiled Mosque Outside of Delhi, India. Date/Period: Ca. 1885. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 79.6 cm (31.3 in); Width: 64.8 cm (25.5 in).
EditorialTaliban fighter Zahed, assigned to guard the Sakhi Shrine, a Shia mosque and shrine, on patrol in the Kart-e-Sakhi neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialTaliban fighter Zahed, assigned to guard the Sakhi Shrine, a Shia mosque and shrine, on patrol in the Kart-e-Sakhi neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialKhalil Haqqani speaks in Kabul on Aug. 20, 2021. Before the city fell, Haqqani appeared at a mosque to help establish Taliban authority. When the Taliban declared a caretaker government, they appointed many loyalists, including Haqqani, from their rule in the 1990s. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialOttoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Blue Mosque. It was built by the Ottoman sultan Ahmed I between 1609 and 1616. Engraving by Lemaitre and Lalaisse. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844)...
EditorialMen pray over the body of Hussain, a victim of the suicide bombing attack outside the international airport a day earlier, during his funeral at a mosque outside of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialA man attends Friday prayers at the Pul-i-Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, the first since the Taliban recently took control of the city. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialTaliban members greet each other during Friday prayers at the Pul-i-Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with supplementary weft, Cream-colored groud with a horizontal repeat of a three-domed mosque above a courtyard with a pool and potted flowers. Brocaded in green, blue, yellow, orange, and ...
EditorialMosque lamp, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Glass, colorless with brownish tinge; free blown; enameled with red, blue, white, yellow, and green; gilded; six loops for suspension and foot attached., H. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm), Max. Dia. 7 5/1...
EditorialMosque lamp, Mosque lamp of smoke-colored glass, Mosque lamp of smoke-colored glass with curved foot with turned edge, becoming a short stem The lamp has a flattened spherical body with three S-shaped eyes on which the lamp can hang. Wide, flared neck....
EditorialCorner Tile, early 14th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; modeled, inglaze painted in blue and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, With its exquisite palette and elegant scrolling vine ...
EditorialCorner Tile, early 14th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; modeled, inglaze painted in blue and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, With its exquisite palette and elegant scrolling vine ...
EditorialThree Corner Tiles, early 14th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; modeled, inglaze painted in blue and luster-painted on opaque white glaze, H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, With its exquisite palette and elegant scrollin...
EditorialMosque Lamp, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; blown, applied blown foot, enameled and gilded, H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Glass, One of the conventions of Mamluk mosque lamp decoration was to execute one insc...
EditorialThe Old Blue-Tiled Mosque Outside of Delhi, India. Date/Period: Ca. 1885. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 79.6 cm (31.3 in); Width: 64.8 cm (25.5 in).
EditorialTurkey. Istanbul. Blue Mosque, 1609-1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Ottoman style. Architect, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha. View of Courtyard with ablution font.