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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE - Pharos University in Alexandria

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Umayyad , Abbasid and Tulunid Architecture<br />

(Fustat & al-Qata’i)<br />

Ibn Tulun moved the government to N.W of Fustat ,<br />

created al-Qata i, a new urban development <strong>in</strong>spired<br />

by Samarra near Baghdad.<br />

The mosque of Ibn-Tulun: View of the mosque<br />

courtyard with 13th century founta<strong>in</strong> dome <strong>in</strong> the<br />

center & the mosque's famous spiral<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>aret<br />

with same design concept of Samarra mosque <strong>in</strong> .<br />

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M<strong>in</strong>arets of Mosque of Ibn-Tulun<br />

and the Great Mosque of Samarra.

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