Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Verfasst von: Pradines, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Titelzusatz: from Timbuktu to Zanzibar
• Verf.angabe: by Stéphane Pradines
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: XVII, 350 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik : Section 1, The Near and Middle East ; volume 163
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 321-342
• ISBN: 978-90-04-44554-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)Subsaharisches Afrika / (s)Moschee / (s)Architektur / (s)Ausstattung / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Pradines, Stéphane, 1971 - : Historic mosques in sub-saharan Africa. - Leiden : Brill, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 350 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: LO 91701
• K10plus-PPN: 1797735489

Abstract

This book is the first comprehensive synthesis on mosques in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing together sites from more than twenty states from sub-Saharan Africa; and more than 285 monuments, from the IXth to the XIXth centuries. This monograph is divided into three large geographical areas, from the earthen mosques of West Africa, to the Nile Valleys and the Horn of Africa, and to the Indian Ocean shores and Swahili coral stone mosques. This book is a statement that African mosques demonstrate cultural links with North Africa, Arabia, Persia and India, these monuments are unique in the history of Islamic architecture, and they belong to our World Heritage