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Islamic pattern and ornament at the Bibi Khanym Mosque, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Geometric patterns are a subcategory of islamic patterns and ornaments. They can be considered a particular type of arabesque which developed from the patterning of the Byzantine Empire and Coptic art.