One Thousand and One Nights has been a source of inspiration for studies in
art, literature, cinema, and architecture since the day it was published. Quite
unorthodox and reflecting the mysterious world of the East, this text penetrates its
readers’ imagination and sets them on a mysterious journey.
Having emerged during the Umayyad era and possessing a great past, the science and
art idea of the East started to attract the attention of the West in various areas of art
after the 17th century, and the translation of various texts of One Thousand and One
Nights into a number of languages during the 19th century. Art branches such as
painting, music, opera, ballet, theatre, and cinema have been affected by these texts.
Islamic countries have made significant contributions to the development of Islamic
architecture with social and cultural elements.
The period when tales of one thousand and one nights were told is the period in which
this architectural understanding was applied. This study investigates the mysterious
cities and surrealist gorgeous palaces in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights
from the point of view of the architectural features of the era.
Keywords: Abbasid architecture, Andalusian architecture, Architecture effect,
Art effect, Culture, Desert palaces, Early Islamic architecture, Frame story,
Gorgeous places, Historic cities, Islamic art, Moorish revival architecture, Mystic
tales, Mysterious cities, One Thousand and One Nights, Orientalism, Palaces,
Romanesque art, Scheherazade, Umayyad architecture.
