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Mihrab and Minbar in the mosque of Ahmad al-Burdayni. Begun by the religious Shafi-scholar Burdayni,it was finished by a rich merchant in 1694. Marble panels, marble- and mosaic arcading, marble roundels. The minbar is of cedar-wood. 1616-1629,1694.
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Mihrab and Minbar in the mosque of Ahmad al-Burdayni. Begun by the religious S...

Ben Ezra-synagogue,Cairo.A prior synagogue was destroyed by the Romans.Later it became St.Michael's Church,the last Melchite,Monophysite church in Cairo. During the 13th century it was returned to its former use as a synagogue.
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Ben Ezra-synagogue,Cairo.A prior synagogue was destroyed by the Romans....

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...

Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The minaret was built under sultan Abu Hassan, the last Merinid ruler to be buried in Shellah in 1351.
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Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The mi...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.The courtyard.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.Tiled walls.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.The courtyard.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.Cedar-wood door.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.Old cedar-wood door.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.Second courtyard.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker in Moroccan politics. Marble stucco in a vault.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker between the French and the sultans.Marble stucco.
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The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...