MINARETAL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

3 TYPES OF MINARET AL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

MINARET OF AL-GHURI

MINARET OF QAYTBAY

MINARET OF AQBAGHAWIYYA

AL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

MINARET OF QAYTBAY

- HAS THREE BALCONIES, SUPPORTED BY MUQARNAS- THE MINARET IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE AREA OF AN EARLIER, FATIMID-ERA BRICK MINARET THAT HAD ITSELF BEEN REBUILT SEVERAL TIMES. - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SADR AL-DIN AL-ADHRA'I AL-DIMASHQI AL-HANAFI, THE QADI AL-QUDAT (CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE HIGHEST COURT) DURING THE RULE OF SULTAN BAIBARS.- REBUILT, BARQUQ IN 1397, THE MINARET BEGAN TO LEAN AT A DANGEROUS ANGLE - REBUILT IN 1414 BY TAJ AL-DIN AL-SHAWBAKI, THE WALĪ AND MUHTASIB OF CAIRO, AND AGAIN IN 1432. - THE QAYTBAY MINARET WAS BUILT IN ITS PLACE AS PART OF A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE MOSQUE.

AL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

MINARET OF AL-GHURI

- THE DOUBLE FINIAL MINARET WAS BUILT IN 1509 BY QANSAH AL-GHURI.- FIRST SHAFT IS OCTAGONAL, AND FOUR SIDES HAVE A DECORATIVE KEEL ARCH, SEPARATED FROM THE ADJACENT SIDES WITH TWO COLUMNS. - SECOND SHAFT, SEPARATED FROM THE FIRST BY A FRETTED BALCONIES SUPPORTED BY MUQARNAS, IS ALSO OCTAGONAL AND DECORATED WITH BLUE FAIENCE. A BALCONY SEPARATES THE THIRD LEVEL FROM THE SECOND SHAFT. - THIRD LEVEL IS MADE UP OF TWO RECTANGULAR SHAFTS WITH HORSESHOE ARCHES ON EACH SIDE OF BOTH SHAFTS. ATOP EACH OF THESE TWO SHAFTS RESTS A FINIAL, WITH A BALCONY SEPARATING THE FINIALS FROM THE SHAFTS.

AL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

MINARET OF AQBAGHAWIYYA

- MINARET ABOVE THE MADRASSA AQBAGHAWIYYA. ORIGINALLY BUILT DURING MAMLUK RULE AS PART OF A STAND-ALONE MOSQUE, THE MINARET WAS REMODELED BY KATKHUDA DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD.

AL-AZHAR MOSQUE,CAIRO, EGYPT

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