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,...

finial. Each side of the iwan is framed with a 33-metre (108 ft) high pishtaq (vaulted archway) with two similarly shaped arched balconies stacked on...

the Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an imposing iwan with a lancet-arch pishtaq or portal facing the square. The corners are flanked by high minarets....

finished and the architect put an end to the project. The external portal, or Pishtaq, as well as the portals opening onto the interior courtyard are covered...

featuring golden finials. The facade of the prayer hall features a grand pishtaq in the centre, flanked by five smaller, cusped archways on either side...

entrance archways, with the central one being set within a high pishtaq. The pishtaq features Persian inscriptions (largely praising the rule of Shah...

motif. Eight pishtaq arches define the space at ground level. As is typical with the exterior, each lower pishtaq is crowned by a second pishtaq about midway...

earliest dated example of a pishtaq, with it becoming a staple of Islamic architecture. It has been proposed that the pishtaq developed further with the...

iwans. The outer iwan, facing Registan square, has a huge 35-foot tall pishtaq (twice the height of the rest of the building) and occupies two thirds...

Mirza, c. 1490. Brooklyn Museum. Calligraphy of Persian poems on large pishtaq at the Agra Fort, India Chalipa panel, Mir Emad. Calligraphic composition...

Pishtac (possibly from Ancash Quechua for slaughterer, is a 5,095-metre-high (16,716 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region...

addition to glazed bricks, uses colorful floral rivets and tiles. From the Pishtaq arch, it turns to the yard through the mionsarai (corridor). The internal...

to the tomb. The dome is more elongated; the central part has a taller pishtaq. The four minarets at the four corners are part of the main mausoleum which...

entrance to the han is on the east side and is a 13m-high marble portal (pishtaq) projecting from the 50m wide front wall. The gate is enclosed by a pointed...

Cajatambo District. Yana Hirka is southwest of Mishi Waqanan and northwest of Pishtaq. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Oyón Province (Lima Region) Teofilo...

Iwan Dictionary of Islamic architecture: Pishtaq Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine archnet.org. Pishtaq Archived 2015-05-03 at the Wayback Machine...

superimposed domes, two aisles of five bays, and a slightly raised central pishtaq, or portal with a rectangular frame. This five-arched facade distinguishes...

The façade of the Qibla portico has a Pishtaq which has three arches of equal size. The architectural Pishtaq block is connected to the central dome...

in keeping with Islamic tradition. Its facade is dominated by a grand pishtaq, which contains three arched entryways. Three domes rise from the roof...

designs of earlier Timurid mosques, with a tall central entrance portal (pishtaq), a courtyard, and a prayer hall covered by a large central dome flanked...

medieval caravanserai in Turkey. The khan is entered at the east, through a pishtaq, a 13-m-high gate made from marble, which projects from the front wall...

chamber of Wazir Khan Mosque and its interior, as well as the central pishtaq's recessed arch and stellate vaulting, are richly polychromed using a technique...

entrance follows the skyline of the eastern facade which does not make it a pishtaq entrance. The upper part of the entrance lobby in addition to the roof...

Atala Masjid Main pishtaq leading into the iwan of Atala Masjid Religion Affiliation Islam District Jaunpur Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque...

Main pishtaq leading into the iwan of Atala Masjid...

Humayun's Tomb A reflection Six-pointed Stars on One of Humayun's Tomb's Pishtaqs Cenotaphs of Hamida Banu Begum, Dara Shikoh etc. in a side room A jali...

era of Timur, known as Tamerlane. The madrasa features a lancet-arch (pishtaq), or main square entrance. High minarets highlight each corner. There is...

Main and side pishtaq leading into the iwan of Atala Masjid....

with red sandstone and topped by inverted lotus-blossoms. The mosque's pishtaq is adorned with marble and framed by thin turrets. The mosque's facade...

Calligraphy on large pishtaq at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India...