Dictionary of islamic architecture

See also:
coral, East Africa, nine-domed mosque,
Tanzania
Further reading:
H.N.Chittick, 
A Guide to the Ruins of Kilwa with Some Notes
on the Other Antiquities of the Region,
Dar es Salaam 1965.
—— 
Kilwa: An Islamic City on the East African Coast,
British Institute in Eastern Africa Memoir No. 5, Nairobi
1974.
P.S.Garlake, 
The Early Islamic Architecture of the East
African Coast,
British Institute in Eastern Africa Memoir
No. 1, Nairobi and London 1966.
kiosk (köshk)
Turkish term for a small pavilion not intended for
permanent residence.
konak
Palatial Ottoman Turkish house.
The traditional Ottoman konak in western Anatolia
and the Balkans is based on a four-iwan plan which
is said to derive ultimately from the Cinili Kiosk in
Istanbul. The plan consists of a central hall leading
off to four iwans between which are enclosed
rooms, often the plan is varied from this but the
basic principal of a central hall with iwans is
retained.
Most konaks are built of wood and have their
main rooms on the upper floor with the lower floor
used as a basement. The central hall is often covered
with a wooden dome or a two-dimensional
representation of a dome made of carved wood or
paint. Sometimes the central hall is open on one
side and functions as a veranda. The walls of the
rooms are usually lined with sofas or long benches
which are the main form of furniture. The most
common form of decoration is painted ceilings,
although shallow relief carving is also used. In
eastern Anatolia konaks are built of stone and are
built around open courtyards in the Syrian fashion;
there is also a more strict division between the
men’s area (selamlik) and the women’s area
(harem).