03653cam a22004697i 4500 19007256 OSt 20240530110629.0 160308t20152015ua abe b 001 0 eng d 2015510841 9789774166914 9774166914 (OCoLC)ocn893455408 BTCTA eng BTCTA YDXCP BDX ERASA OCLCO CUD OCLCF MEAUC OCLCQ CUT EQO UAB ZWZ DLC rda DLC lccopycat f-ua--- 21 726.2 CC/S I Swelim, Tarek. Ibn Tulun : his lost city and great mosque / Tarek Swelim ; with photographs by Matjaž Kačičnik and 3D renderings, hand drawings, plans, and maps by ARCHiNOS Architecture, Cairo. Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, [2015] ©2015 xv, 305 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, color plans ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-300) and index. Ahmad Ibn Tulun and his city. The sources -- Ahmad Ibn Tulun and his successors -- The lost city of al-Qata'i' -- 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. "Ahmad 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. Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn, 835-884. Jāmiʻ Ibn Ṭūlūn (Cairo, Egypt) Mosques Egypt History. Islamic architecture Egypt. Egypt History 640-1250. Kačičnik, Matjaž. ARCHiNOS. Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510841-b.html Publisher description https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510841-d.html Table of contents only https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015510841-t.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 63223 63223 0 0 ddc 0 0 CAI CAI CAIRO-LIBRARY 2017-01-14 0 726.2 CC/S I 163195 2017-01-14 00:00:00 2017-01-14 BK