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Ibn Tulun Great Mosque Poster
by Nigel Fletcher-Jones
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Ibn Tulun Great Mosque poster by Nigel Fletcher-Jones. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Ahmad Ibn Tulun (835-884) was the son of a Turkic slave and was raised at the Abbasid court in Samarra. Through both luck and talent, Ibn Tulun rose... more
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Ahmad Ibn Tulun (835-884) was the son of a Turkic slave and was raised at the Abbasid court in Samarra. Through both luck and talent, Ibn Tulun rose through the courtly ranks until, at the age of 33 (in 868), he was appointed governor of Egypt. His own military success and the growing weakness of the ‘Abbasid caliphs led Ibn Tulun to form an independent sub-kingdom consisting of Egypt, Palestine and Greater Syria in 880.
As early as 870, Ibn Tulun began to build his capital of al-Qata’i', in the shadow of the Muqattam Hills, and to the northeast of the first two Islamic capitals of Egypt, Fustat and al-Askar.
The great mosque was built between 876 and 878, and made impervious to earthquake or flood by being constructed directly onto the bedrock of the limestone hill of Gabal Yashkur.
The builders of al-Qata’i’s monuments may have expected that their splendid city would last forever, but, after just 35 years as the capital of Egypt, it was almost entirely destroyed over a fo...
About Nigel Fletcher-Jones
I am currently based in Tuscany, Italy and Cairo, Egypt, having previously lived in the US, Netherlands and Britain. Trained in the UK as an archaeologist and anthropologist, most of my images reflect my continuing fascination with the prehistoric and historic past. Images of non-European cultures and historic landscapes also play a large part in my work. My love of the past is also often reflected in the presentation of my images - which often mimics historical styles of representation from faux prints to postcards and antique photographs. WATERMARKS WILL NOT APPEAR IN PURCHASED ARTWORK Enjoy! Copyright Notice All images are the property of Nigel Fletcher-Jones and may not be used wholly or in part without the prior...
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