Ottoman Cairo : religious architecture from Sultan Selim to Napoleon / Chahinda Karim ; with contributions by Menna M. El Mahy.

With the conquest in 1517 CE of Egypt by the Ottomans, Cairo lost its position as the capital of the Islamic empire to Istanbul but it retained an eminent position as the second most important city, with Egypt still regarded as one of the wealthiest provinces of the new empire. Round minarets with p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karim, Chahinda (Author)
Other Authors: El Mahy, Menna M. (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, NY : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Religious architecture > Egypt > Cairo.
Architecture, Ottoman > Egypt > Cairo.
Minarets > Egypt > Cairo.
Islamic architecture > Egypt > Cairo > Case studies.
Mosques > Egypt > Cairo.
Mausoleums > Egypt > Cairo.
Drinking fountains > Egypt > Cairo.
Architecture, Ottoman.
Religious architecture.
Egypt > Cairo.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xix, 228 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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