The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 289
Fig. 103:—Section of the tomb of Sultan Khodabendah, at Sultaneiah, balconies of latticed woodwork, which lent a pic-turesque aspect to the narrow streets and doubtlessset the fashion to parts of India and to modernTurkey; while the reception rooms, on the groundfloor, often boasted elaborate mural… … § A III I HRifl FlG. 104.—Mosque of Ebn Toulaun at Cairo. The oldest mosque in Cairo is that erected byAmrou in 642, and rebuilt by Abd-el-Malek and MOSQUES AT CAIRO. 267 Wallid with materials from the older temples. Amore impressive example in the same city is theMosque of Ebn Touloun (Fig. 104),…
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