The minarets of Cairo : Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman empire
| 1. Verfasser: |
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, 1946-
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|---|---|
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Warner, Nicholas
O'Kane, Bernard |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cairo :
American University in Cairo Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xvi, 352 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 33 cm. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
