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Table 1 An overview of the typology of cisterns and periods of development

From: Analyses and architectural typology of preserved traditional mosques in the old city of Herat in Afghanistan: the case of Quzzat Quarter

Plan

Ceiling (Roof)

Ceiling Arch

Cupola

Bad-gir

Period of Development

Rectangular

Domical Vault Roof (DVR)

-

Before Timurids (BT): –AC 1370

(Before Kurts: –AC 1243), Kurts: AC 1244–1381

Square

Domed Roof (DR): pendentive or squinch

-

-

Timurids (T), AC 1370-1507

Rectangular

Barrel Vault Roof (BVR)

-

-

 

After Timurids (AT), 1507–present

(Safavids: AC 1501–1736, Duranids: 1747–1826)