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What is an iwan?

What is an iwan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.
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The rooms to either side are also two-stories high open onto the iwan through an arch on the lower level.
I wish to refer to a point of special importance now, which I find is brought forward, in this connection, by iwan Bloch.
The traces which remain show that the main iwan and the lower part of the courtyard walls down to floor level were covered with hexagonal turquoise tiles.
Its more lavish ornamentation, seen in its entrance and main iwan, signifies a period of transition that heralds the more flamboyant style of the Mamluks.
As answer I will give the finely just acknowledgment of iwan Bloch on this very question.
On the walls of the courtyard, its dome, and the main iwan there are both decorative tiles and tile mosaic.

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