40 Islamic Architecture Trivia Questions with Answers
40 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Fatimid mosque in Cairo is famous for its historic connection to Al-Azhar University?
Answer
Al-Azhar Mosque
Which Delhi mosque, commissioned by Shah Jahan, was completed in 1656?
Answer
Jama Masjid
Which mosque in Islamabad was designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay?
Answer
Faisal Mosque
Which Moroccan mosque in Taza has the earliest surviving Almohad minaret, built in the 12th century?
Answer
Great Mosque of Taza
Which mosque in Damascus was built by Umayyad caliph al-Walid I between 706 and 715?
Answer
Umayyad Mosque
Which architect is traditionally credited with designing India’s Taj Mahal?
Answer
Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Which mosque in Tunisia was founded in 670 and became a model for North African mosque design?
Answer
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Which Lahore mosque, commissioned by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, was completed in 1673?
Answer
Badshahi Mosque
Which mosque in Cairo has a famous spiral minaret modeled on the Great Mosque of Samarra?
Answer
Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Which mosque in Córdoba became the cathedral of the city after the Christian conquest in 1236?
Answer
Great Mosque of Córdoba
Which 9th-century mausoleum in Bukhara is a celebrated early Islamic brick monument?
Answer
Samanid Mausoleum
Which Egyptian mosque in Cairo was commissioned by Sultan Hassan and built from 1356 to 1363?
Answer
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
Which architect designed the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, completed in 1575?
Answer
Mimar Sinan
Which minaret in Delhi was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1199?
Answer
Qutb Minar
Which mosque in Isfahan is famous for establishing the four-iwan plan as a major Iranian mosque layout?
Answer
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
Which Islamic monument in Jerusalem was completed in 691 CE under Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik?
Answer
Dome of the Rock