Main entry:

Parker, Richard B. (Richard Bordeaux), 1923-2011.

Title & Author:

Islamic monuments in Cairo : a practical guide / Richard B. Parker, Robin Sabin.

Edition:

3rd ed. / rev. and enl. by Caroline Williams.

Publication:

Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, 1985.

Description:

334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Rev. and enl. ed. of: A practical guide to Islamic monuments in Cairo. 2nd rev. ed. 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-288) and index.
Historical summary and chronology -- Architectural summary -- The island of Roda and Old Cairo -- The Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun and Sharia Saliba -- The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan and Bab al-Wazir -- From Sultan Hasan to Bab Zuwayla -- Bab Zuwayla to Sharia Saliba -- The Southern Cemetery or the Qarafa -- Sharia Port Said -- Bab Zuwayla to the Mosque of al-Azhar -- Al-Azhar Square to Bab al-Futuh and back -- The Citadel -- The Northern Cemetery -- Al-Husayniya and the Mosque of Baybars I -- Bulaq.

ISBN:

9774240367 (pbk.)
9789774240362 (pbk.)

Subject:

Islamic antiquities Egypt Cairo.
Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo.
Antiquités islamiques Égypte Le Caire.
Architecture islamique Égypte Le Caire.
20.50 Islamic art.
Antiquities
Islamic antiquities
Islamic architecture
Cairo (Egypt) Guidebooks.
Cairo (Egypt) Antiquities.
Egypt Antiquities.
Égypte Antiquités.
Egypt
Egypt Cairo
Cairo.

Form/genre:

Guidebooks

Added entries:

Sabin, Robin.
Williams, Caroline (Caroline H.)
Parker, Richard B. (Richard Bordeaux), 1923-2011. Practical guide to Islamic monuments in Cairo.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 71146
Call No.: DT145.P37 (ID:86-B11421)
Status: Available