The Architecture of The Holy Mosque Makkah.

Isma'il, Muhammad Kamal/ Salma Samar Damluji.

ISBN 10: 1874371326 / ISBN 13: 9781874371328

Published by Hazar Publishing Limited, London, 1998

About this Item

232 pp., colour frontispiece portrait, profusely illustrated in colour photographs, figures, plans, notes, glossary, index. HARD BACK Binding in dust wrappers. Copy in mint condition. New. Written by members of a committee headed by Dr Muhammad Kamal Isma'il, edited by Salma Samr Damluji. the book document and illustrates the new extension of the largest mosque in the World. It gives visual evidence of the successful integration of modern technology and materials with traditional themes and features, as well as showing the accumulative achievements of Islamic civilization from the work of old master-craftsmen and builders to the technical experts of today. #8647.

Seller Inventory # 000821

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Architecture of The Holy Mosque Makkah.
• Publisher: Hazar Publishing Limited, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874371326
• ISBN 13: 9781874371328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Al Masjid al Haram at Makkah, the spiritual abode of Islam and the Muslim world, is a complex of holy sites and built spaces that is totally unique. In response to the ever-increasing numbers of worshippers a highly significant new project to extend, modernize and embellish the mosque and its surroundings was started in 1991.