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Built by Badr al-Jamali, the commander of the armies (amir al-juyush, hence the name) in 1085 and identified as a mashhad (shrine).
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Khanqah of Sultan Baybars al-Jashankir (1307-10): a structure with a biaxial plan, this Khanqa had a mausoleum added on its qibla side. It contained rooms for the sufis aligned on its two longitudinal sides.
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4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Photograph of all that remains of a great complex built next to al-Azhar Mosque. This central-domed structure is a copy of Sinan Pasha mosque with a major omission: the minaret. This mosque's minaret seems to be consciously shaped after the late Mamluk minaret of al-Ghuri in the al-Azhar Mosque.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Photograph of the funerary-religious complex of Sultan Qaytbay: view of the dome.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Al-Ashraf Sayf-ad-Din Barsbay was the ninth Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt from AD 1422 to 1438. He was Circassian by birth and a former slave of the first Burji Sultan, Barquq.
He was responsible for a number of administrative reforms in the Mamluk state, including the consolidation of the sultanate as a military magistrature and securing for Egypt exclusive rights over the Red Sea trade between Yemen and Europe.[1]
His Red Sea activity included the final destruction in 1426 of ‘Aydhab, a once important port which had been in decline in the previous century.
His mausoleum, which included a madrasa and khanqah, was built in Cairo's Northern Cemetery, and has survived to this day.[2]
Photograph of the Al-Hakim Mosque: Inscription band in foliated Kufic.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Architecture
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Photograph of the street-facing facade of the minaret with elaborate stucco decoration and an inscription showing the name and titles of al-Nasir Muhammad.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Architecture
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Long time ago, when the army of Salah El Deen overlooked Cairo from The Citadel (which harbors the Mosque), they weren't looking at this view. They were looking at advancing British troops, who got their asses kicked.
The Mosque of Amir Qijmas al-Ishaqi (1479-81). One of the most exemplary qa'a-type mosques, it sits prominently at a major intersection on al-Darb al-Ahmar, the main ceremonial thoroughfare in Cairo.
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MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Architecture
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Bayt Al-Suhaymi ("House of Suhaymi") is an old Ottoman era house museum in Cairo, Egypt. It was originally built in 1648 by Abdel Wahab el Tablawy along the Darb al-Asfar, a very prestigious and expensive part of Medieval Cairo. In 1796 it was purchased by Sheikh Ahmed as-Suhaymi whose family held it for several subsequent generations. The Sheikh greatly extended the house from its original through incorporating neighbouring houses into its structure.
Built between 990 and 1003 outside the walls of al-Qahira, and named after al-Hakim, the third caliph in Egypt.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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Al-Ashraf Sayf-ad-Din Barsbay was the ninth Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt from AD 1422 to 1438. He was Circassian by birth and a former slave of the first Burji Sultan, Barquq.
He was responsible for a number of administrative reforms in the Mamluk state, including the consolidation of the sultanate as a military magistrature and securing for Egypt exclusive rights over the Red Sea trade between Yemen and Europe.[1]
His Red Sea activity included the final destruction in 1426 of ‘Aydhab, a once important port which had been in decline in the previous century.
His mausoleum, which included a madrasa and khanqah, was built in Cairo's Northern Cemetery, and has survived to this day.[2]
The Masjid (or Musalla) of Bab Mardum, Toledo(ca. 999): A neighborhood musalla with an open nine-bay plan and façades which repeat the decorative program of the great mosque of Cordoba.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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The Mosque of Abu Dahab is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt just beside Al Azhar Mosque. The mosque was built by the Amir Mohamed Beh Abu El Dahab, one of the leaders of Egypt during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. It is located in Al Azhar Street, beside the main entrance of the Azhar Mosque and it is the fourth mosque in Egypt to be built according to the Ottoman style of architecture. It was originally built as a Madrasa to host the number of students that were coming to study in the Azhar University.
November - December 2014.
Holiday in Morocco.
Chellah is a medieval fortified necropolis in Rabat. It was built in the 14th century by the Merenid Sultan over the top of the ruins of the Roman settlement of Sala Colonia.
A classic tourist view of the Ponte Vechio, which always makes me want to go back to Firenze again and again. My wife and I will be returning to Firenze in June 2009 and as well as taking photos of one of the world's most beautiful cities (and eating marvelous food and drinking Chianti) I hope to meet up with my Firenze flickr friends, cygnale, cristianella and firenzesca. It is possible that a couple of other friends living near Firenze may also make an excuse to visit then.
Photograph of the Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad: A side portico of the mosque showing the variety of reused columns.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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El-Harrawi House built in 1731 by Ahmed Ben Youssef El -Serafi is considered to be one of the fine examples of the Islamic houses representing the Ottoman era. It is named after its last owner, Abd El-Rahman El-Harrawi, who was the Hakim (Doctor) of Qasr El-Ayini Medical School.
The house is located in the heart of a well known quarter in Cairo. Behind the Azhar Mosque, in Darb EL-Ahmar area, El-Harrawi is situated between two narrow Haraa (Alleys), Harat Al Madrasa and Zuqaq Al Ayini. Several other Islamic houses and monuments are found in the Darb El-Ahmar surroundings. The house has a common wall with Sitt Wasila house (i.e.Lady Wasila) (17th century). It is adjacent to the house of Zeinab Khatoun (15th, 17th century), and to the Ghannamiah Hall (14th century). Also at a near distance is Al-Ayini Mosque (15th century)
The Mosque of Shaykh Lutfallah (initially Sadr Mosque). Situated in the east of the Maydan with its golden tiled dome. It was constructed for an important shaykh in 1602 and used as the private oratory of the shah and his family.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, Fall 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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Photograph of the Baroque inspired capital of one of the three types of columns used in the Mosque of Suleiman Agha al-Silahdar.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin
4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
MIT Course Instructor
Rabbat, Nasser O.
MIT Department
Architecture
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