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Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall of the Almohads, Tinmal is now being restored.
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Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall...

Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall of the Almohads, Tinmal is now being restored.
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Mosque in Tinmel,Morocco, 1153-1154 Abandoned after the fall...

Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Cairo. Congregational courtyard, minaret probably inspired by the great mosque of Samarra (Iraq), which in turn is reminiscent of the zigurrats of ancient Babylon.
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Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Ca...

Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Cairo. Congregational courtyard, minaret probably inspired by the great mosque of Samarra (Iraq), which in turn is reminiscent of the zigurrats of ancient Babylon.
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Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Tulun, built 876-879, the oldest functioning mosque in Ca...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central court of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The aisles of the sanctuary hall.
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Madrasa of Sultan Hasan al-Nasir,Mamluk-style. 1356-1363. Sultan Hasan was assassinated in 1361; when one of the two minarets toppled in 1360 and killed 300 people, the minaret was left unfinished and is now shorter.
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Madrasa of Sultan Hasan al-Nasir,Mamluk-style. 1356-1363. Sultan Hasan...

Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture, a madrasa, the Sultan's tomb and a mosque.
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Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture...

Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture, a madrasa, the Sultan's tomb and a mosque. The dome of Sultan Qaytbay's tomb-mosque.
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Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture...

Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture, a madrasa, the Sultan's tomb and a mosque. Interior of the dome of Sultan Qaytbay's tomb-mosque.
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Complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay,1474-1475. Late Mamluk architecture...

Bronze doors in the mosque-mausoleum of Sultan al-Muayyad (reigned 1412-1421). The doors belonged originally to the madrasa of Sultan Hasan (02-01-01/32) but were removed to the al-Muayyad-mosque in the 15th century.
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Bronze doors in the mosque-mausoleum of Sultan al-Muayyad (reigned 1412...

Bronze doors in the mosque-mausoleum of Sultan al-Muayyad (reigned 1412-1421). The doors belonged originally to the madrasa of Sultan Hasan (02-01-01/32) but were removed to the al-Muayyad-mosque in the 15th century.
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Bronze doors in the mosque-mausoleum of Sultan al-Muayyad (reigned 1412...