Minarets of Cairo Islamic Architecture from the Arab Conquest to the End of the Ottoman Period

Name: Minarets of Cairo Islamic Architecture from the Arab Conquest to the End of the Ottoman Period
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ISBN: 9781848855397

ISBN-10: 1848855397

ISBN-13: 9781848855397

Edition: 2010

Authors: Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Bernard O'Kane, Nicholas Warner

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Minarets have defined Cairo¿s skyline since its early history: they are one of the most characteristic features of Islamic architecture. In Egypt, where civilizations have manifested themselves through awe-inspiring structures since antiquity, 'a thousand minarets' reveal the impact of Islamic civilization and urban aesthetics. The Minarets of Cairo offers an accessible and vivid insight into the religious, historical and architectural significance of the minaret in Cairo from the Arab Conquest, through the Abbasid, Fatimid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods. Students and scholars will welcome historian and art historian Doris Behrens-Abouseif¿s excellent new research and analysis as well as over…

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List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 8.69" wide x 12.85" long x 1.49" tall
Weight: 5.236