More construction in Mecca? Take a front row seat and join the animals as they watch to see what Ibrahim is building. Along with the animals, you too can discover the importance of the Ka'bah and its significance to Muslims.

Helps learners of British English master key concepts in grammar easily and quickly.

As all the animals rush to join Nuh on his ark, a pair of koalas, confused among all the commotion, try to decipher what is going on. Come join the animals in discovering why Nuh is building an ark in this fun rendition of the classic tale of Nuh's Ark.

Helps learners of British English master key concepts in grammar easily and quickly.

Helps learners of British English master key concepts in grammar easily and quickly.

Helps learners of British English master key concepts in grammar easily and quickly.

This is an annotated translation of what is perhaps the most important Ottoman literary source for the Islamic monuments of the Ottoman capital, Istanbul: Hafız Hüseyin bin Ismail Ayvansarayî's Hadikat al-Cevami (The Garden of Mosques). Long recognized by Turkish scholars as a unique source for the city's architecture and urban form, the text, which was completed in 1195/1780 and revised and enlarged between 1248/1832-33 and 1253/1838 by Ali Sati, contains separate descriptions of each of Istanbul's more than 800 mosques, plus accounts of its medreses, tombs, tekkes and other monuments. The annotations place each of these buildings within the city's urban plan and provide biographical information about the patrons, architects and other personalities mentioned in the text. An introductory essay gives an account of Ayvansarayî's life and works, describes the various manuscript versions of the text and reviews the cartographic resources available for the study of Istanbul's urban form.

Helps learners of British English master key concepts in grammar easily and quickly.