The minaret
- Edingurgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013,2018
- (XXI-392 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., plans, jaquette ill. en coul. ; 26 cm
- Edinburgh studies in Islamic art .
Bibliogr. p. [363]-381. Notes bibliogr. Index.
From early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam. The history of scholarship and the nature of the problem The Adhan, the Mi'dhana and the Sawma'a Manāras and Manārs The mosque tower Why were towers added to mosques The minaret in the maghrib in the ninth century The triumph of the Córdoban minaret in the maghrib The minaret in Egypt through the Ayyubid period The minaret in the Central and Eastern Islamic lands before the Seljuqs The minaret during the Seljuq era The minaret after the Mongol conquests The minaret beyond the Persianate world The spread of the minaret into modern times