Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848855397 (hbk.) 1848855397 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minarets--Egypt--Cairo.<br/>Islamic architecture--Egypt--Cairo.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cairo (Egypt)--Buildings, structures, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA6083  / .B44 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>726.2096216