The Mosques of Egypt /

The Mosques of Egypt /

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...

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Main Author: O'Kane, Bernard (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2016.

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Mosques > Egypt > Pictorial works.
Islamic architecture > Egypt > Pictorial works.

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Call Number: BP187.55 .E3 O52 2016

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