Historic mosques in sub-Saharan Africa : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar
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Historic mosques in sub-Saharan Africa : from Timbuktu to Zanzibar
（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 1 . The Near and Middle East / edited by Maribel Fierro ... [et al.] ; v. 163）
Brill, c2022
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Bibliography: p. [321]-342
Includes index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface: On Vocabulary and Dates
List of Figures
Introduction: A Survey of Islamic Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa
1 The Mosques of the Niger Valleys
1.1 Introduction: The So-Called "Sudanese" Mosques
1.2 Historiography of Research on the Mosques of the Niger Valleys
1.3 The History of the Great West African Kingdoms
1.4 Commerce and Islam in West Africa
1.5 Technology and Construction
1.6 Architectural Characteristics of the Mosques of the Niger Valleys
1.7 Regional Groups of Mosques in the Niger Valleys
1.8 History and Chronology of the Mosques of the Niger Valleys
2 The Mosques from the Horn of Africa to the Valleys of the Nile
2.1 The Mosques of the Ethiopian High Plateau and the Somali Plains
2.2 The African Mosques of the Red Sea
2.3 The Mosques of the Nile Valleys, from Nubia to Darfur
3 The Mosques of the Indian Ocean Coast
3.1 The Swahilis, a Cultural Model of Multiple Origins
3.2 Historiography of Research on the Swahili Mosques
3.3 The History of the East Coast of Africa
3.4 Trade and Islam in the Indian Ocean
3.5 Technology and Construction of the Swahili Mosques
3.6 Morphology of the Swahili Mosques
3.7 The Decorative Programme of the Swahili Mosques
3.8 Regional Groups and the Chronology of the Swahili Mosques
3.9 The Swahili Mosques of the Thirteenth Century
3.10 The Swahili Mosques of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
3.11 Portuguese Domination and the Style of Lamu, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
3.12 The Swahili Mosques of the Nineteenth Century
Epilogue: The Mosques of Sub-Saharan Africa in the History of Islamic Architecture
Annexe 1: Historical Chart of the Main Dynasties and Kingdoms in Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Neighbours
Annexe 2: Inventory of Historical Mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa Listed by Contemporary States
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