The illustrated guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo /
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"This guide is intended to complement the newly redesigned galleries of the Museum of Islamic Art, open to the public since late 2010"--Page vii. :
viii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362) and index. :
9774163389
9789774163388
Creswell photographs re-examined : new perspectives on Islamic architecture /
: Includes photos from Creswell collection which was acquired by the American University in Cairo in 1956. : xxiii, 332 pages, [64] pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Mosques of Egypt /
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Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al-As in AD 639. Amr immediately established his capital at al-Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built Africa's first mosque, one still in regular use today. Since then, governors, caliphs, sultans, amirs, beys, pashas, among others, have built mosques, madrasas, and mausoleums throughout Egypt in a changing sequence of Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, and modern styles. Here, a leading historian of Islamic art and culture celebrates the great variety of Egypt's mosques and related religious buildings, from the early congregational mosques, through the medieval mausoleum--madrasas, to the neighborhood mosques of the Ottoman and modern periods. With outstanding architectural photography and authoritative descriptive texts, this book will be valued as the finest on the subject by scholars and general readers alike. Includes more that 80 of the country's most historic mosques, with more than 500 color photographs. -- Inside jacket flap.
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xxxix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 351-356) and index. :
9789774167324