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#5755789 in Books 1995-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.00 x 8.50 x .25l, #File Name: 190025103548 pages1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An AWAIR PickBy Audrey ShabbasIbn Tulun was the son of a Turkish slave soldier at the time of the Abbasid dynasty, who through his courage on the battlefield and his piety as a Muslim, rose to head a dynasty of his own in Egypt. Today, over a thousand years after his death, he is remembered for the magnificent mosque which bears his name. This work explains how architects and craftspeople constructed his mosque, how workers maintained it, and howThrough the expert scholarship of author Fiona Macdonald, readers follow the story of Ibn Tulun, governor of ninth-century Abbasid Egypt. The text chronicles his life against the backdrop of the rich history of the era while describing the design and history of the mosque he commissioned. Still in use today, this Cairo mosque is considered one of the oldest and finest in the Islamic world.
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