Image View Description:
Exterior: View from the park
Date:
1199
Location:
Erbil (Iraq)
Title Variant:
Abbasid Minaret
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
brick
Material / Technique 2:
glazed brick
Creator:
Muzaffar al-Din Abi Said ibn Ali Kukburi, the governor of Erbil
Creator Nationality:
Abbasid
Creator Dates:
1199
Creator Role:
patron
Style / Period:
Abbasid
Photographer:
Serdar Yalcin
Notes:
The minaret was originally attached to an earlier mosque, the remains of which were discovered in early 1960s.
Image Source:
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University
Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_abbasidminaret_vr_01