Ottoman Cairo: Religious Architecture from Sultan Selim to Napoleon Throw Dimensions: approx diameter 20 cm

Dimensions: approx diameter 20 cm

4 x width 20 x depth 1

a journalistic feat considering the legal terminology and the international political situation

directed by Azzedine Meddour

Ottoman Cairo: Religious Architecture from Sultan Selim to Napoleon Throw Dimensions: approx diameter 20 cmWith the conquest in 1517 CE of Egypt by the Ottomans, Cairo lost its position as the capital of the Islamic empire to Istanbul but it retained an eminent position as the second most important city, with Egypt still regarded as one of the wealthiest provinces of the new empire. Round minarets with pointed hoods, as symbols of the new rulers, began filling the landscape alongside the octagonal minarets with pavilion tops of the Mamluks, new mosques,