The minarets of Cairo
Subtitle: Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire
By: Doris Behrens-Abouseif ; with contributions by Nicholas Warner ; photographs by Bernard O'Kane
Contributors: Warner, Nicholas; O'Kane, Bernard
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cairo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9789774164262
Subjects: Minarets; Islamic architecture; Buildings, structures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The call to prayer and the muezzin; title: Functions and use of the minaret; title: Placement; title: Construction and materials; title: Architecture and decoration; title: Epigraphy; title: The minaret depicted / by Nicholas Warner; title: Early history and formation of the minaret in Cairo; title: Mamluk minarets; title: Minarets under Ottoman rule; title: Provincial minarets in Egypt; title: The minaret of Sultan Qaytbay at the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina.