The minarets of Cairo : Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire /

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Main Author: Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.

Other Authors: Warner, Nicholas., O'Kane, Bernard.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo : the American University in Cairo Press, 2010.

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Call Number: ( F )NA6083 .A1 B44 2010

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100 1 |a Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. 
245 1 4 |a The minarets of Cairo :   |b Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire /   |c Doris Behrens-Abouseif ; with contributions by Nicholas Warner ; photographs by Bernard O'Kane. 
264 1 |a Cairo :   |b the American University in Cairo Press,   |c 2010. 
300 |a xvi, 352 p. :   |b ill. (some col.), map, plans ;   |c 34 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Islamic architecture -- Egypt -- Cairo. 
650 0 |a Minarets -- Egypt -- Cairo. 
651 0 |a Cairo (Egypt) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 
700 1 |a Warner, Nicholas. 
700 1 |a O'Kane, Bernard. 
901 |a reviewed 
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