The importance of Mosque in Islamic society its architecture and Location have been elaborately described in this book. The mosque, or the prayer house of Islam according to the text, is supposed to provide ultimate fulfilment and where one completely surrenders to God. In the early days of Islam the mosque was the centre of the political, religious and social life of its followers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ziyaud-Din A. Desai
Dr. Ziyaud-Din A. Desai (1925-2002) had an exceptionally brilliant career. He topped the list of successful candidates at the B.A. and M.A. examinations of the Bombay University. After teaching Persian at the university level for about six years, he joined the Archaeological Survey of India as the head of its Perso-Arabic epigraphy section in 1953 and finally retired as Director (Epigraphy) after a distinguished career of three decades. Dr. Desai is the author of about two dozen books and more than 350 articles on Indo-Muslim history, art, architecture and numismatics, Indo-Persian literature, old Urdu (Gujari language), etc.
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