Mosque monument

Mosque monument

Mosque monuments are places of worship that usually feature highly skilled calligraphy and geometric artwork. This article contains a list of the most important of these monuments.

Contents

Monument Types

Andalucian Mosques

  • Cordoba Mosque

Fatimid Mosques

  • Al-Azhar Mosque
  • Al-Hussein Mosque
  • Sayyeda Nafisa Mosque

Mamluk Mosques

  • Blue Mosque, Cairo
  • Sultan Hassan Mosque, Cairo
  • Sultan Farag ibn Barquq Khanqah, Cairo
  • Sultan Barquq Mosque, Cairo
  • El-Nasir Muhammad Mosque, Cairo
  • Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad, Cairo
  • Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey, Cairo

Ottoman Mosques

References

1. Swidan, Tariq, The Pictorial History of Al-Andalus, Kuwait: Ibdaa Fikry, 2006.
2. Williams, Caroline, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press 2002.

See also

  • Monuments

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