FIGURE 4.4 Minaret of the Great Mosque of Sfax, Tunisia, 9th century with...

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Description: Minaret of the Great Mosque of Sfax

TitleMinaret of the Great Mosque of Sfax

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date800–900 AD

Creation date (description)With additions 1000–1100

Object typeArchitecture

MaterialsUnknown

LocationTunisia

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArchitecture, FatimidIslamic architecture--Africa, NorthMinarets

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4. Construction, Destruction, and Concealment under the “Mad Caliph”

Jennifer A. Pruitt

Description: Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early...

Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture

In the middle years of al-Hakim’s reign, from 1007 to 1013, we encounter the two great enigmas of his architectural project—the construction of the austere bastions that...

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Jennifer A. Pruitt

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.95-125

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00258.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21431&redirecttoanchor=67234

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, FatimidCaliphsChurch of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, Caliph of Egypt, 985-approximately 1021Jāmiʻ al-Ḥākim (Cairo, Egypt)

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Qasba Mosque, Minaret

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureHafsid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1233

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTunis, Tunisia

Qasba Mosque, Minaret

Qarawiyyin mosque, fountain pavilion in the courtyard

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1613–1624

Object typeArchitecture

LocationFez, Morocco

Qarawiyyin mosque, fountain pavilion in...

Qarawiyyin mosque, fountain pavilion in the courtyard

Mosque at Mansura, minaret and portal

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1303

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTlemcen, Algeria

Mosque at Mansura, minaret and portal

Great Mosque of Córdoba, dome in front of mihrab

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 01

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date700–1000

Object typeArchitecture

LocationCórdoba, Spain

Great Mosque of Córdoba, dome in...

Great Mosque, dome in front of mihrab

Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa, courtyard

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1350–1355

Object typeArchitecture

LocationFez, Morocco

Bu 'Inaniya Madrasa, courtyard

Bab al-Mansur

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureAlawi

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1732

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMeknes, Morocco

Bab al-Mansur

Mosque of Hammuda Pasha

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMuradid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1655

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTunis, Tunisia

Mosque of Hammuda Pasha

Great Mosque, Bab Lalla Rihana

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureHafsid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1294

Object typeArchitecture

LocationKairouan, Tunisia

Great Mosque, Bab Lalla Rihana

Description: Great Mosque, plan. 1) Original mosque (shaded); 2) Extension; 3) Side court; 4)...

Great Mosque, plan. 1) Original mosque (shaded); 2) Extension; 3) Side court; 4) Minaret

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1294

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationTaza, Morocco

Great Mosque, plan. 1) Original mosque...

Great Mosque, plan. 1) Original mosque (shaded); 2) Extension; 3) Side court; 4) Minaret

Great Mosque, minaret

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 01

Creator roleArchitect

Creation dateAD 700–900

Object typeArchitecture

LocationKairouan, Tunisia

Great Mosque, minaret

Great Mosque, minaret and surrounding area

Mosque of the Barber, arcaded gallery

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMuradid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1629–1685

Object typeArchitecture

LocationKairouan, Tunisia

Mosque of the Barber, arcaded gallery

Sa'dian tombs, courtyard

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1557–1603

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Sa'dian tombs, courtyard

Great Mosque, dome in front of mihrab

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 01

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date836 AD

Object typeArchitecture

LocationKairouan, Tunisia

Great Mosque, dome in front of mihrab

Mosque of Abu Madyan, portal

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1338–1339

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTlemcen, Algeria

Mosque of Abu Madyan, portal

Ben Yusuf Madrasa, plan

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1564–1565

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Ben Yusuf Madrasa, plan

Great Mosque, dome over mihrab

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1291–1294

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTaza, Morocco

Great Mosque, dome over mihrab

Mosque of the Fishermen

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureAlmoravid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1660–1661

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAlgiers, Tunisia

Mosque of the Fishermen

Complex of Abu Madyan, view of courtyard

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1346

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTlemcen, Algeria

Complex of Abu Madyan, view of courtyard

Mosque of the Fishermen, interior

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureAlmoravid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1660–1661

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAlgiers, Tunisia

Mosque of the Fishermen, interior

Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail of reused column

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureGhurid

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAjmir, Rajastan, India

Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail of...

Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail of reused column

Ben Yusuf Madrasa, view of courtyard

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1564–1565

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Ben Yusuf Madrasa, view of courtyard

Minaret of Jam, general view from the southeast

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureGhurid

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationShahrak District, Ghor Province, Afghanistan

Minaret of Jam, general view from the...

Minaret of Jam, general view from the southeast

Tomb of Ibrahim, entrance portico

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationBhadreshvar, Gujarat, India

Tomb of Ibrahim, entrance portico

Tomb of Ibrahim, interior showing arched mihrab opening and corbeled dome

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureIndian

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationBhadreshvar, Gujarat, India

Tomb of Ibrahim, interior showing arched...

Tomb of Ibrahim, interior showing arched mihrab opening and corbeled dome

Chella, portal

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMarinid

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1351

Object typeArchitecture

LocationRabat, Morocco

Chella, portal

Description: Minaret of Jam, detail of lower shaft showing arched panel with rhomboid knot above...

Minaret of Jam, detail of lower shaft showing arched panel with rhomboid knot above and star below

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureGhurid

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationShahrak District, Ghor Province, Afghanistan

Minaret of Jam, detail of lower shaft...

Minaret of Jam, detail of lower shaft showing arched panel with rhomboid knot above and star below

Description: Zāwiya of Sidi'l-Jazuli, plan. A) Tomb; B) Mosque; C) Cemetery; D) Tomb of the...

Zāwiya of Sidi'l-Jazuli, plan. A) Tomb; B) Mosque; C) Cemetery; D) Tomb of the Black Sultan; E) School; F) Fountain; G) Superintendent's residence; H) Hospice; J) Ablution

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1529–1557

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Zāwiya of Sidi'l-Jazuli, plan. A)...

Zāwiya of Sidi'l-Jazuli, plan. A) Tomb; B) Mosque; C) Cemetery; D) Tomb of the Black Sultan; E) School; F) Fountain; G) Superintendent's residence; H) Hospice; J) Ablution

Ruins of the Badi'a palace in the Kasba

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSa'dian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1578–1593

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMarrakesh, Morocco

Ruins of the Badi'a palace in the Kasba

Candlestick

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/cultureGhurid

Creator roleMetallist

Creation date1150–1200

Object typeContainer

MaterialsBrass with copper and silver inlays

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010329343

Accession number6315

Candlestick

Palace complex, plan

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureAlawi

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1600–1800

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMeknes, Morocco

Palace complex, plan

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