Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar /

Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar /

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Author / Creator:Pradines, Stéphane, author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Description:xvii, 350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one The Near and Middle east ; volume 163.
Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 163.
Subject:
Mosques -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Historic buildings -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Islamic architecture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Historic buildings.
Islamic architecture.
Mosques.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13156094
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ISBN:9789004445543
9004445544
9789004472617
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries. This monograph is divided into three large geographical areas, from the earthen mosques of West Africa, to the Nile Valleys and the Horn of Africa, and to the Indian Ocean shores and Swahili coral stone mosques. This book is a statement that African mosques demonstrate cultural links with North Africa, Arabia, Persia and India, these monuments are unique in the history of Islamic architecture, and they belong to our World Heritage"--
Other form:Online version: Pradines, Stéphane. Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] 9789004472617
Standard no.:40031546716

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