Ottoman architecture in Egypt

The Ottoman architecture in Egypt is the architecture that emerged in Egypt after its Ottoman conquest in 1517. While it continued traditions from the past like from Mamluk architecture it was heavily influenced by the architecture of the Ottoman court. It features the pencil Ottoman minaret, dome mosques, glazed tiles and other characteristics of Ottoman architecture.[1][2]

The Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda in Cairo

For the construction of buildings in the Ottoman Empire often plans, but no elevations were sent to the provinces. This can be seen for instance in the combination of an Ottoman plan with a Cairene elevation in the Sinan Pasha Mosque in Bulaq, Cairo.[3] The Sabil-Kuttab (Arabic: سبيل وكتاب‎) which combined a fountain in the ground floor with a school above was a typical building type of the architecture built by the Ottomans in Cairo.[3] One of many examples is the Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda.

Examples of Ottoman architecture in Egypt include the Sulayman Pasha Mosque, the Sinan Pasha Mosque in Bulaq and the redecoration of the Aqsunqur Mosque.

See also
  • Residential Architecture in Historic Cairo

Notes
  1. Bloom & Blair 1995, p. 251.
  2. Rabbat, Nasser. "Ottoman Architecture in Cairo: The Age of the Governors". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. Bloom & Blair 1995, p. 252.

References
  • Bates, Ülkü Ü. (1985). "Two Ottoman Documents on Architects in Egypt". Muqarnas. 3: 121–127. doi:10.2307/1523088. JSTOR 1523088.
  • Bloom, Jonathan M.; Blair, Sheila (1995). The art and architecture of Islam 1250-1800. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06465-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hanna, Nelly (1983). An Urban History of Būlāq in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods. Cairo: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale. (review: Goodwin, Godfrey (15 March 2011). "An Urban History of Būlāq in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods. By Nelly Hanna. (Supplément aux Annales Islamologiques, Cahier No. 3.) pp. ix, 112, 10 pls. [Le Caire], Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1983". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 117 (2): 201. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00138535.)
  • Raymond, André (1998). Le Caire des Janissaires : l'apogée de la ville ottomane sous ʻAbd al-Rahmân Katkhudâ (in French). CNRS éditions. ISBN 978-2271052834. (review: Crecelius, Daniel (23 April 2009). "André Raymond, Le Caire des Janissaires: L'apogée de la ville ottomane sous Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda, Patrimoine de la Mediterranée (Paris: CNRS Editions, 1995). Pp. 127". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 28 (4): 623–624. doi:10.1017/S0020743800064047.)
  • Watenpaugh, Heghnar Zeitlian (1 January 2007). "An Uneasy Historiography: The Legacy of Ottoman Architecture in the Former Arab Provinces". Muqarnas Online. 24: 27–43. doi:10.1163/22118993-90000109.
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