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Iwan

An iwan (Persian: ایوان, romanized: eyvān, also ivan or ivān/īvān; Arabic: إيوان, romanized: ’īwān) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called pishtaq, a Persian term for a portal projecting from the facade of a building, usually decorated with calligraphy…

Origins, Islamic iwans & Etymology

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Etymology

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Parthian iwans

Sasanian iwans

Islamic iwans

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Iwan

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related to Iwan of Khosrau · 22
Iwan → AD, Antioch, Baghdad, Byzantine, Byzantine Emperor Justinian, CE, Construction, Ctesiphon, Early, Eastern Romans, Iraq, It, Justinian's, Khosrau, Mada'in, Mansur, Salman Pak, Sasanian, Taq Kasra, The
related to Parthian iwans · 21
Iwan → Although, Ancient Near East, Ashur, CE, Dura Europos, German, Hatra, Islamic, It, One, Other, Parthian, Parthians, Seleucia, Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, Seleucids, The, Tigris River, Uruk, Walter Andrae
related to Origins · 20
Iwan → Although, Ancient Near Eastern, André Godard, Assyrians, Earlier, Edward Keall, Elamites, However, Iraq, Many, Mary Boyce, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Nineveh, Roman Ghirshman, Similar, Susa, The, Yazd, Zoroastrian
related to Islamic iwans · 17
Iwan → Byzantine, CE, Damascus, For, Furthermore, Great Mosque, Isfahan, Islamic, Iwans, Muslims, Roman, Roman Christian, Sasanian, Sasanians, Si-o-se-pol, The, The Sasanian Empire
related to Sasanian iwans · 17
Iwan → Ardashir, Both, Byzantine, Byzantine-esque, Eastern-inspired, For, In, Near Eastern, Palace, Parthian, Roman, Sasanian, Taq-e Bostan, Taq-e BostanThe, The, The Parthian, The Sasanian Empire
related to Etymology · 12
Iwan → Apadana, Arabic, Darius, Ernst Herzfeld, In, Old Persian, Persepolis, Persian, The, The New Persian, Turkish, Walter Bruno Henning
related to Four-iwan plan · 11
Iwan → Abīh, CE, For, Islamic, It, Kufa, Parthian, Sasanian, The, Umayyad, Ziyād
related to External links · 8
Iwan → Ancient Architecture Archived, Arts, Islamic Architecture Archived, Islamic ArchitectureSheila Blair’s Islamic, IwansColumbia’s Archive, Oxford Art Online, Wayback MachineColumbia’s Archive, Wayback MachineUCSJ Tutorial
see also · 4
Iwan → Arabic, Exedra, Hall, Semicircular
is a · 1
Iwan → Taq Kasra

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architecture iwans islamic vaulted sasanian century parthian also one four-iwan early around plan persian however palace ancient open building form

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Iwanis aTaq Kasra0.90text
Arabicinstance ofEtymologyIwan is a Persian word that was subsequently borrowed into other languages0.80text
Turkishinstance ofEtymologyIwan is a Persian word that was subsequently borrowed into other languages0.80text
the bridge of Si-o-se-pol in Isfahaninstance ofand civic structures0.80text
caravanseraisinstance ofIn some regions it also spread to other building types0.80text
bimaristans.In the Ayyubidinstance ofIn some regions it also spread to other building types0.80text
Mamluk periods of Egyptinstance ofIn some regions it also spread to other building types0.80text
Syria the four-iwan plan was prominently used in the architecture of madrasasinstance ofIn some regions it also spread to other building types0.80text
with the most monumental example being the massive 14th-century Madrasa-mosque of Sultan Hasaninstance ofIn some regions it also spread to other building types0.80text
Iwanrelated to EtymologyPersian0.60section
Iwanrelated to EtymologyArabic0.60section
Iwanrelated to EtymologyTurkish0.60section

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