Dictionary of islamic architecture

See also:
Ottomans, Seljuks, Turkey
kraton
General term for Javanese palaces. Derived from the
Javanese root 
ratu
meaning ‘king’, the term thus
Mosque of Alaeddin, Konya, Turkey
kiosk (köshk)

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means ‘residence of the king’. Sometimes the term
kadhaton
is also used which has a more specialized
meaning referring to the royal quarters.
See also:
Java
Kubadabad Palace
Seljuk palace famous for its glazed tilework and stucco
decoration.
Kubadabad is located on the south-western shore of
Lake Beyshehir in central Turkey. The settlement is
dated by an inscription to the first half of the thirteenth
century and is known to have been used by the Seljuk
sultans Keykavus II and Keyhusrev III. The remains
consist of more than sixteen buildings on the mainland
and a separate castle or palace on an island known as
Maidens’ Castle. The tilework included underglaze
painted star-shaped tiles with figurative scenes.
See also:
Konya, Seljuks, Turkey
Further reading:
R.Arik, ‘Kubad-Abad Excavations (1980–91)’, 
Anatolica
18:
101–18, 1992.
K.Otto-Dorn, ‘Kubadabad Kazilari 1965 On Raporu’, 
Turk
Arkeoloji Degesi
5.14(1–2): 237–43, 1967.
Kufa
Southern Iraqi city founded in the early Islamic period,
Kubadabad Palace, Beyshehir, Turkey (after Arik)
Dar al-Imara, Kufa,
Kubadabad Palace

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Kufa is located on the west bank of the Eurphrates
near the Shi
a shrine city of Najaf. Like Baghdad, Kufa
was a purely Islamic foundation, although it stood
close to the Lakhimid capital of al-Hira. After the
battle of Ctesiphon and the capture of al-Mad
ain
(Ctesiphon and Seleucia) the Arab armies settled in
the old Sassanian capital. Soon afterwards, the armies
moved to Kufa because of its pleasanter climate and
strategic location on the west bank of the Euphrates
(i.e. easy access to Syria and the Hijaz). In 645 Ali
transferred the seat of government to Kufa. The
assassination of Ali in the Great Mosque of the city
in 645 brought an end to the city’s role as capital.
The original city had no walls and was simply
surrounded by a ditch. The principal monuments in
Kufa are the Great Mosque and the Dar al-Imara, or
Governor’s Palace. The Great Mosque consists of a
number of different phases from the early Islamic
period to the present day. The first mosque on the
site was laid out by a man who threw spears to each
of the cardinal points to delineate a square two-spear
throws long. The area was enclosed by a ditch and
the only permanent architectural feature was a
marble colonnade 20 m long. The columns were
taken from the nearby city of al-Hira. In 670 CE the
mosque was expanded and covered with a flat roof
resting on stone columns. The mosque visible today
has a beautiful golden dome and contains the tombs
of the two saints Muslim ibn Aqeel and Hani ibn
Arwa. The golden dome and tilework date to the
Saffavid period (seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries), although the outer wall of the mosque
which is supported by twenty-eight semi-circular
buttress towers probably originates in the early
Islamic period.
To the south of the Great Mosque is the Dar al-
Imara which was excavated by the Iraqi Antiquities
Authority. The palace is enclosed by a square
enclosure 170 m per side with walls 4 m wide
supported by twenty semi-circular buttress towers
and four round corner buttresses. In the centre of
the palace there is a square (domed?) chamber
approached by a vaulted hall which was probably
the throne room.