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Known as the "Mother of the World", Cairo has one of the highest concentrations of Islamic architectural treasures in the world. This introduction to the subject begins with an analysis of the Cairo's urban growth from the Islamic conquest in 641 through to the Ottoman Period and the reign of Muhammad Ali at the beginning of the 19th century. From that point, the reader is given a guided tour of the evolution of Cairo's Islamic architecture and an overview of its main styles through the investigation of monuments spanning 1200 years. The book also includes a descriptive catalogue of the major monuments from the early Islamic period through the Fatimid, Ayyubid, Bahri Mamluk, Circassian Mamluk and Ottoman periods.

This concise and comprehensive study will appeal to specialists as well as beginning students and interested lay readers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Doris Behrens-Abouseif holds an M.S. in Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo, and a Ph.D. in Islamic history from the University of Hamburg. She is the author of The Minarets of Cairo (AUC Press, 1985). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Cairo's architectural monuments rank among humanity's great achievements. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stalactite portal, ablaq masonry, fluted hoods, trilobed portal, double mausoleum, spherical pendentives, mausoleum dome, inscription band, prayer niche, southern minaret, marble dadoes, keel arches, qibla wall, original minarets, stucco carving, gibla wall, northern enclosure, naskhi script, southern enclosure, lobed arches, street alignment, foundation deed, wooden frieze, ablution fountain, rectangular shaft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sultan Hasan, Department of Antiquities, Bab Zuwayla, Bahri Mamluk, Sayyida Ruqayya, Sultan Qaytbay, Islamic Museum, Ibn Tulun, North African, Annales Islamologiques, Abbasid Caliphs, Instituts Abteilung Kairo, Malika Safiyya, Shaykh Zayn, Sultan Barsbay, Sultan Masan, Amir Sanjar, Sulayman Pasha, Fatimid Caliph, Sinan Pasha, The Mosques of Egypt, Abu Bakr Ibn Muzhir, Imam Shafi'i, Sayyida Nafisa, Sultan Baybars New!
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