Ibn Tulun His Lost City and Great Mosque |
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| Author:
| Swelim, Tarek |
| ISBN: | 978-977-416-691-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | American University in Cairo Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $68.00 |
Book Description:
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Ibn Tulun (835-84), the son of a Turkic slave, became the founder of the first independent state in Egypt since antiquity, and builder of Egypt's short-lived third capital of the Islamic era, al-Qata'i' and its great congregational mosque. After recounting the story of Ibn Tulun and his successors, architectural historian Tarek Swelim presents a topographic survey of al-Qata'i', a city lost since its complete destruction in 905. He then provides a detailed architectural analysis of the...
More DescriptionIbn Tulun (835-84), the son of a Turkic slave, became the founder of the first independent state in Egypt since antiquity, and builder of Egypt's short-lived third capital of the Islamic era, al-Qata'i' and its great congregational mosque. After recounting the story of Ibn Tulun and his successors, architectural historian Tarek Swelim presents a topographic survey of al-Qata'i', a city lost since its complete destruction in 905. He then provides a detailed architectural analysis of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, which was spared the destruction and is now the oldest surviving mosque in Egypt and Africa.