Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar / Stéphane Pradines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pradines, Stéphane, author.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 163.

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 163

Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mosques--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Mosques.

Historic buildings--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Historic buildings.

Islamic architecture--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Islamic architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Stéphane Pradines

Copyright page / Stéphane Pradines

Dedication / Stéphane Pradines

Preface: On Vocabulary and Dates / Stéphane Pradines

Figures / Stéphane Pradines

Introduction: A Survey of Islamic Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa / Stéphane Pradines

Chapter 1 The Mosques of the Niger Valleys / Stéphane Pradines

Chapter 2 The Mosques from the Horn of Africa to the Valleys of the Nile / Stéphane Pradines

Chapter 3 The Mosques of the Indian Ocean Coast / Stéphane Pradines

Epilogue: The Mosques of Sub-Saharan Africa in the History of Islamic Architecture / Stéphane Pradines

Annex 1: Historical Chart of the Main Dynasties and Kingdoms in Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Neighbours (the dates mentioned are not always the date of reign, but the periods of influence in Sub-Saharan Africa) / Stéphane Pradines

Annex 2: Inventory and Atlas of Historical Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa Listed by Contemporary States / Stéphane Pradines

Glossaries / Stéphane Pradines

Credits / Stéphane Pradines

Bibliography / Stéphane Pradines

Index / Stéphane Pradines.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Pradines, Stéphane Historic Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa

ISBN:

9789004472617

OCLC:

1350690012

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004472617 DOI