Unlike the 8-pointed star in the muqarnas in Sivas and Malatya (left) we can start from a star rotated by 22.5°.[br]In next applet we start from this half star and we construct stepwise a tiling around it.

For this tiling too we can different outlines for muqarnas plans.[br]Drag the slider in the applet and explore different examplesfrom 1-1 to 9-9.[br]You can notice that the outer border for the muqarnas can as well be a half octagon as a rectangle.[br]On fist sight the 1-1 plan looks very different of the 8-8 plan, maar in the applet you can see they match with the same tiling.