Title

Minaret of the Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 1977. This great spiral minaret was built in the mid 9th century by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutawakkil.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D61_418

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,3Mb) / 11,3in x 17,2in / 3393 x 5147 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings religious architecture mosque country tower religion spiral color colour Muslim Islam Islamic minaret Moslem location century seventies Iraq Iraqi 1970s 20th century VIVIENNE SHARP 9th century TGN Samarra' photograph Vivienne Sharp Abbasid dynasty Sharp Vivienne VS VSP Al-Mutawakkil Al-Mutawakkil photograph