Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.
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. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010. - xvi, 352 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 34 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781848855397 (hbk.) 1848855397 (hbk.)
Minarets--Egypt--Cairo.
Islamic architecture--Egypt--Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt)--Buildings, structures, etc.
NA6083 / .B44 2010
726.2096216
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. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010. - xvi, 352 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 34 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781848855397 (hbk.) 1848855397 (hbk.)
Minarets--Egypt--Cairo.
Islamic architecture--Egypt--Cairo.
Cairo (Egypt)--Buildings, structures, etc.
NA6083 / .B44 2010
726.2096216