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999			_c10715 _d10715
001			893455408
003			OCoLC
005			20230521123034.0
008			141018s2015 ua abe b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9789774166914
020			_a9774166914
035			_a(OCoLC)893455408
040			_aEG-NcFUE _beng _cEG-NcFUE _dEG-NcFUE _erda
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050		4	_aNA6083.I2 _bS94 2015
082	0	4	_222 _a726.2 _bS.T.I
100	1		_aSwelim, Tarek. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aIbn Tulun : _bhis lost city and great mosque / _cTarek Swelim ; with photographs by Matajaz Kacicnik and 3D renderings, hand drawings, plans, and maps by ARCHiNOS architecture, Cairo.
264		1	_aCairo : _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2015.
300			_axv, 305 pages : _billustrations (some color), color maps, color plans ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-300) and index.
505	0		_aPart I. Ahmad Ibn Tulun and his city : The sources -- Ahmad Ibn Tulun and his successors -- The lost city of al-Qata'i' -- Part II. The mosque of Ibn Tulun: history and architecture : The present-day mosque -- The Tulunid period -- The Ikhshidid and Fatimid periods -- The Ayyubid period -- The Mamluk period -- The Ottoman period -- The Muhammad 'Ali period -- The presidential era -- The legacy of Ibn Tulun -- Appendix : The Arabic inscriptions of the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.
520			_aAhmad ibn Tulun (835-84), the son of a Turkic slave in the Abbasid court of Baghdad, 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, from the time of its completion until today. Rare archival illustrations and early photographs document the changing appearance and uses of the mosque in modern times, while extraordinary 3D computer renderings take us back in time to recreate its architectural development through its early centuries. Plans, drawings, and maps complement the history, while striking modern color photographs showcase the elegant simplicity of the building's architecture and decoration. This definitive and generously illustrated book will appeal to scholars and students of Islamic art history, as well as to anyone interested in or inspired by the beauty of early mosque architecture."--Publisher's website.
600	0	0	_aAhmad ibn tulun, _d835-884.
650		0	_aIslamic architecture _zEgypt.
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _y640-1250.
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628.
700	1		_aKacicnik,Matajaz.
710	2		_aARCHiNOS.
942			_2ddc _cBK