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Sultan's Fountain : An Imperial Story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam by Agnieszka Dobrowolska (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Astonishingly, it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmerican University in Cairo Press
ISBN-109774165233
ISBN-139789774165238
eBay Product ID (ePID)109571645
Product Key Features
Book TitleSultan's Fountain : an Imperial Story of Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam
Number of Pages196 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicLandscape, Middle Eastern, Buildings / Religious, Middle East / Egypt, History / General
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Art, Architecture
AuthorAgnieszka Dobrowolska
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length6.5 in
Item Width9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Table Of ContentISTANBUL: THE SULTAN Along the Nile, and on the Bosphorus "Do not expect us to save the world which is being ruined" Mustafa the Builder CAIRO: THE SABIL Architecture as a Message "God has purified you, O Sister of al-Husayn" The Canal One Building, Different Histories AMSTERDAM: THE TILES The Delft Blue Little Holland on a Different Canal THE TALE OF A MUTE STORYTELLER The Story of Ninety Thousand Days Conservation: The Treatment Conservation: The People
SynopsisThe small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity., The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayyida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity.
LC Classification NumberNA9413.E3D69 2011
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