History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.8
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.8
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v2.c26.8
The architecture of the nations under the Arab Khalîfat has been elsewhere described, and is of very minor importance.¹ The ruling people were of Semitic race, and had no great taste for architectural magnificence; and unless where they happened to govern a people of another stock, they have left few traces of their art.