Caroline Williams

Islamic Monuments in Cairo

The Practical Guide (New Revised 7th Edition)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new, fully revised edition of this perennially popular guide to Cairo's Islamic monuments

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American University of Cairo Press / I.B.Tauris
• Upd. 7th Ed.
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 139mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9789774168550
• ISBN-10: 9774168550
• Artikelnr.: 49112893

Autorenporträt

Caroline Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
How to Use This Book
1. Historical Summary and Chronology
2. Architectural and Ornamental Summary
3. The Island of Roda and Old Cairo
4. The Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun and Sharia Saliba
5. The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan and Bab al-Wazir
6. From the Mosque of Sultan Hasan to Bab Zuwayla (Darb al-Ahmar)
7. Bab Zuwayla to Sharia Saliba
8. The Southern Cemetery
9. Sharia Port Said-On and Off
10. Bab Zuwayla to the Mosque of al-Azhar
11. Al-Azhar Square to Bab al-Futuh and Back
12. The Citadel
13. The Northern Cemetery
14. Al-Husayniya and the Mosque of Baybars I
15. Bulaq
Glossary
Islamic Calendar and Principal Feasts
Bibliography
Index
Maps

Rezensionen

"This book ought to be in the luggage of every visitor to Cairo. Furthermore, once home, lovers and students of Cairo's architecture will find it a convenient and accurate quick reference as well as a cherished souvenir of many profitable and enjoyable rambles among the monuments of Cairo." Jonathan M. Bloom Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt