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Minaret of Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo, Egypt, built entirely of carved stucco, red brick, and plaster, with a helical (spiral) outer staircase (similar to the minaret in Samarra). It was said one could climb these stairs on a horse and this has fascinated me since childhood. Architectural historian Doris Behrens-Abouseif asserts that Sultan Lajin, who restored the mosque in 1296, was responsible for the construction of the current minaret. Photographed by K.A.C. Creswell circa 1921-1924.
Ibn Tulun mosque commissioned under the rule of Ahmad ibn Tulun (Abbassid governor of Egypt from 868–884), designed by the prominent Egyptian architect Saiid Ibn Kateb Al-Farghany (a Christian Orthodox architect and engineer who designed the Nilometer), constructed in the Samarran style common with Abbasid constructions. It’s the oldest mosque in Egypt surviving in its full original form, and the largest mosque in Cairo.
The city of Shibam, in the desert of Ramlat al-Sab'atayn, known as the first city on earth with a vertical masterplan and for its mudbrick-made high-rise buildings. Dating from the pre-Islamic period, it was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom and one of the three major cities of the Qu'aiti Sultanate. Yemen, 1941. Photographer unknown.
Omar bin al-Khattab Mosque in Dumat al-Jundal or Dumat al-Jandal (also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf), photographed in 1975. The minaret has five storeys. According to Saudi scholars it was erected in the Umayyad period (661-749) although some scholars attribute its construction to the time of Omar bin al-Khattab caliphate (the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate 634-644). Photographer unknown.
Jean Dieuzaide (French photographer 1921 - 2003), La chevauchée (The ride), Konya, Turkey, 1954
Jean Dieuzaide (French photographer 1921 - 2003), La petite fille au lapin (Baby girl with her bunny rabbit), Nazaré, Portugal, 1954
Muhammad Ali in Khartoum, Sudan, 1988. Photographer unknown.
Dome of the Rock, Palestine, early 20th century. Photographer unknown.
Fundraising in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus for the Relief of Palestine, 1948. Photographer unknown.
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Woman wearing the traditional sefsari, Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Tunisia, 1973
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Turkey, 1968
Fulvio Roiter (Italian photographer, 1926 – 2016), Turkey, 1968
