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The Great Mosque, Kairouan Also called: Quairawan

The Great Mosque, Kairouan Also called: Quairawan. In Tunisia. By, Jenny Lane. Tunisia. Kairouan. Map of Tunisia | Multimap.com. History. 670 AD- Uqba Ibn Nafi 8 th Century- Bichre Ibn Safwan extended to present size. 836-875- Aghlabid dynasty gave present plan and characeter.

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The Great Mosque, Kairouan Also called: Quairawan

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  1. The Great Mosque, Kairouan Also called: Quairawan In Tunisia By, Jenny Lane

  2. Tunisia Kairouan Map of Tunisia | Multimap.com

  3. History • 670 AD- Uqba Ibn Nafi • 8th Century- Bichre Ibn Safwan extended to present size. • 836-875- Aghlabid dynasty gave present plan and characeter. http://www.islamicway.netfirms.com/islamic_architecture.htm

  4. The Mosque is enclosed by massive walls with huge buttresses. http://www.pbase.com/image/35515090

  5. General form of rectangle: sides are 242, 229, 410, 406 feet Minaret Prayer Hall http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://gallery.yimg.com/c/100wm/10139045.jpg

  6. Minaret Islamic Architecture http://www.islamicway.netfirms.com/islamic_architecture.htm

  7. Can you find? A Sun Dial The Marble Courtyard Well heads http://www.pbase.com/cecilialim/image/35515087

  8. http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=18&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=5&ArticleID=358http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=18&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=5&ArticleID=358

  9. The 19th century wooden doors that lead to the prayer hall. http://www.pbase.com/cecilialim/image/35515086

  10. Mihrab http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=18&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=5&ArticleID=358

  11. Deep grooves in marble rims from centuries of drawing water. http://www.pbase.com/cecilialim/image/35515091

  12. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.davidgreer.ca/photo/cruise/20030406/kairouan04.jpghttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.davidgreer.ca/photo/cruise/20030406/kairouan04.jpg

  13. Unusual column design later adapted by other Mosques. http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=18&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=5&ArticleID=358

  14. Marble Roman columns with intricate Arabic writing http://www.pbase.com/cecilialim/image/35515088

  15. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://geo.ya.com/travelimages/tunisia22_r.jpg&imgrefurl=http://http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://geo.ya.com/travelimages/tunisia22_r.jpg&imgrefurl=http://

  16. Examples of wood detailing. http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?TaxonomyTypeID=2&TaxonomySubTypeID=18&TaxonomyThirdLevelID=5&ArticleID=358

  17. http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/tunisia/kairouan.html

  18. Many of the columns are recycled from Roman structures, so there is no uniformity. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://travelsnapz.tripod.com/images/kairouan-tombs2.jpg

  19. Bibliography http://www.allaboutturkey.com/mosque2.htm http://www.muslimheritage.com http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/tunisia/kairouan.html Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History 2nd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. 2005.

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