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The minarets of Cairo : Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire
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The minarets of Cairo : Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire / Doris Behrens-Abouseif ; with contributions by Nicholas Warner ; photographs by Bernard O'Kane.
ISBN
9781848855397 (hbk.)
1848855397 (hbk.)
Published
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010.
Physical Description
xvi, 352 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 34 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 02, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The call to prayer and the muezzin
Functions and use of the minaret
Placement
Construction and materials
Architecture and decoration
Epigraphy
The minaret depicted / by Nicholas Warner
Early history and formation of the minaret in Cairo
Mamluk minarets
Minarets under Ottoman rule
Provincial minarets in Egypt
The minaret of Sultan Qaytbay at the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina.
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