Mudhafaria Minaret

Date: 1199 A.D.
Image View Description: Architectural decoration with plain bricks and glazed tiles
Material/Technique: brick
Material/Technique 2: glazed brick
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Abbasid
Location: Erbil (Iraq)
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
Photographer: Helen Malko
Record ID: 1314_iraq2013_abbasidminaret_img_021


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