Minaret of al-Muzaffariya
Image View Description:
Exterior: View from the park
Date:
1199
Location:
Erbil (Iraq)
Title Variant:
Abbasid Minaret
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
brick, glazed brick
Creator:
Muzaffar al-Din Abi Said ibn Ali Kukburi, the governor of Erbil (Abbasid patron, 1199)
Style / Period:
Abbasid
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Serdar Yalcin
Notes:

The minaret was originally attached to an earlier mosque, the remains of which were discovered in early 1960s.

Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_abbasidminaret_vr_01
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