Mashhad al-Sharif al-TabatabaCairo, Egypt
The Mashhad of Sharif Tabataba was built as a mosque/mausoleum for Sharif Tabataba al-Asghar after he died in 945-6. It belongs to a distinctive group of early nine-bay mosques constructed from Spain to Central Asia in the 9th and 10th centuries. The structure now stands in ruins; a new structure immediately to the south of it was erected in 1860 or 1870 by the Waqfs Adminstration.
Sources:
Creswell, K.A.C. The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978.
Golombek, Lisa. "Abbasid Mosque at Balkh." In Oriental Art 15 (1969): 173-189.
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6053.
Sources:
Creswell, K.A.C. The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978.
Golombek, Lisa. "Abbasid Mosque at Balkh." In Oriental Art 15 (1969): 173-189.
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6053.
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945-946/334 AH
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Mashhad al-Sharif al-Tabataba
Mashhad of Sharif Tabataba
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Mashhad al-Sharif al-Tabataba
Cairo, Egypt
The Mashhad of Sharif Tabataba was built as a mosque/mausoleum for Sharif Tabataba al-Asghar after he died in 945-6. It belongs to a distinctive group of early nine-bay mosques constructed from Spain to Central Asia in the 9th and 10th centuries. The structure now stands in ruins; a new structure immediately to the south of it was erected in 1860 or 1870 by the Waqfs Adminstration.
Sources:
Creswell, K.A.C. The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978.
Golombek, Lisa. "Abbasid Mosque at Balkh." In Oriental Art 15 (1969): 173-189.
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6053.
Sources:
Creswell, K.A.C. The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978.
Golombek, Lisa. "Abbasid Mosque at Balkh." In Oriental Art 15 (1969): 173-189.
Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6053.
Location
Associated Names
Events
945-946/334 AH
Style Periods
Variant Names
Mashhad al-Sharif al-Tabataba
Mashhad of Sharif Tabataba
Variant
Building Usages