Ibn Tulun Mosque A study of Islamic architecture and its political, cultural and spiritual meaning
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Ibn Tulun mosque
- The use of Coptic forced labor
- The mosque's time of construction
- Stewart's analysis of the structure
- A mix of tradition and innovation
- Weit's view on the mosque and the royal compound
- The largest ancient archaeological site in the world
- Ibn Tulun
- Ruled over Egypt for 16 years from 868 to 884 A.D
- The stories about Tulun that have survived time
- Conclusion
- Work cited
Abstract
This paper will discuss the ibn tulun mosque in Cairo, one of the first islamic Mosques built in Egypt. It will explore the symbolic meaning and the cultural aspects of the mosque design and its place within tulun's dynasty. Petersen writes that the mosque is the central architectural form of islamic culture because it is a building used for prayer, and religion is central to islamic society. (Petersen: 195) The first islamic mosque is Muhammad's house situated in Medina. (Petersen: 195) In a mosque there is a shaded area at the South, called the qibla wall (Petersen: 196) directed towards Mecca, the spiritual centre of Islam. Mosques are enclosed spaces, usually rectangular in shape. (Petersen: 195)The ibn tulun mosque is one of the few mosques surviving in partial form from the 9th century. (Petersen:44) Cairo in Arabic is al-Qahira. (Petersen: 44) The modern city is built on the partial ruins of four early islamic cities, including Fustat and al-Askar.
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