EditorialMosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Cairo. Congregational courtyard, minaret probably inspired by the great mosque of Samarra (Iraq), which in turn is reminiscent of the zigurrats of ancient Babylon.
EditorialPanel, dated 1296, Made in Egypt, Cairo, Wood; carved and inlaid, 8 11/16 x 5/8 in. (22 x 1.6 cm), Wood, Before becoming sultan in 1296, the Mamluk Husam al-Din Lajin spent a year in hiding at the dilapidated Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo. He vowed to reno...
EditorialEbn Touloun Mosque. Details, Floor plan and longitudinal section of the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, signed: D'apr?s M. P. Coste; J. Jourdan del, J. Bury sculp, Pl., VIII, Coste, Pascal Xavier (inv.); Jourdan, J. (del. d'apr?s Pascal Xavier Coste); Bury,...
EditorialEbn Touloun Mosque in Kaire. Egypt, Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, signed: D'apr?s M. P. Coste; J. Bury del. Et sculp, Pl., VII, Coste, Pascal Xavier, (inv.); Bury, Jean Baptiste Marie (del. d'apr?s Pascal Xavier Coste et sc.), 1853, Jules Gailhabaud: Monu...
EditorialPanels from Sultan Lajin's Minbar at the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 1296, Made in Egypt, Wood; carved and inlaid with wood, H. 14 5/8 (37.1cm), Wood.
EditorialPanel, dated 1296, Made in Egypt, Cairo, Wood; carved and inlaid, 8 11/16 x 5/8 in. (22 x 1.6 cm), Wood, Before becoming sultan in 1296, the Mamluk Husam al-Din Lajin spent a year in hiding at the dilapidated Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo. He vowed to reno...
EditorialMosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Cairo. Congregational courtyard, minaret probably inspired by the great mosque of Samarra (Iraq), which in turn is reminiscent of the zigurrats of ancient Babylon.