The architecture and politics during the Islamic era in Egypt | ||||
| الدورية العلمية لکلية الفنون الجميلة | ||||
| Volume 5, Issue 2014, 2014, Page 12-19 | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjfa.2014.239379 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| The Islamic era in Egypt is considered as the golden age for arts and architecture, representing in the building of several mosques, minarets, fountains, fortresses and city walls.The Islamic era starts in Egypt in 641 A.D. with the Arab conquest during the era of the second caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattāb , and under the command of Amribn al-As. Then, the Islamic rule in Egypt continued through the time of the Umayyad Caliphate, the Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 868 AD), the Tulunid dynasty (868 - 905 AD) The Ikhshidid dynasty (935 - 969 AD), The Fatimid Caliphate (968 - 1171 AD), Ayyubid dynasty((1171–1250) , and the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517).During these periods the architecture played a great role in reflecting the policies and the trends of the leaders in each period, and also there was a difference in the raw materials used in each era.This research paper will discuss first the architecture in each period of Islamic era in Egypt and the impact of the political transformation from period to another on the freedom of architecture including forms, styles, and raw materials used. Second, we will study how the architecture reflected the trends, the political views and the policies of the leaders of the country in each period. | ||||
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