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.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010Description: xvi, 352 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 34 cmISBN: 9781848855397 (hbk.); 1848855397 (hbk.)Subject(s): Minarets -- Egypt -- Cairo | Islamic architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo | Cairo (Egypt) -- Buildings, structures, etcDDC classification: 726.2096216 LOC classification: NA6083 | .B44 2010| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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