Title
Sultan Hasan mosque
Caption
Sultan Hasan mosque, The mosque was an enormous construction of a four iwan (roofed or vaulted hall open at one end). It is reported that with the building of this mosque the sultan desired to surpass the great iwan of the Sassanian palace at Ctesiphon in Iraq. Egypt. Islamic. Early Mamluk period, 1356-1359 AD. Cairo.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive
Date
Aug 27, 2009
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A40_298
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
42,8Mb (1,1Mb) / 13,8in x 12,1in / 4134 x 3615 (300dpi)