Abstract:

The mentality of privacy combining with strong tribal structure in the early period Islamic community had influnce upon the regulation of quarters, roads and houses which were the structural elements of the urban system. Tribal separation was considered while organizing the quarters. Likewise tribal fanaticism and privacy mentality were taken into consideration while building the city roads and houses. Again, the form of government in which religious and political authority were held in one hand gave birth to the practice that mosque and dar al-imara (government building) were built side by side. Beside this, some nomadic and desert culture specialities of Arabic life sytle whose roots went back to the pre-Islamic time influenced upon the palaces in the deserts and the adornments on them

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