Jami' al-Azhar - Originally produced as the author’s graduation thesis at the Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, the work provides a history of the district surrounding the al-Azhar Mosque (Cairo, Egypt), along with his project proposal for new developments to be constructed for the occasion of its upcoming millennial celebrations in 1940.  The book includes plans and elevations for existing buildings and the proposed structures, which were never built.<br/><br/>The <a href="http://library.mit.edu/item/002080702"target="_blank">MIT Libraries</a> holds one of two copies in North America.
Millenaire de la Mosquee-Universite d'el Azhar: 359 H.-1359 H. (1940), travaux d'urbanisme en cette occasion
Type
book
Year
1936
Originally produced as the author’s graduation thesis at the Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, the work provides a history of the district surrounding the al-Azhar Mosque (Cairo, Egypt), along with his project proposal for new developments to be constructed for the occasion of its upcoming millennial celebrations in 1940. The book includes plans and elevations for existing buildings and the proposed structures, which were never built.

The MIT Libraries holds one of two copies in North America.
Citation
Shihab al-Din, Seddik. Millénaire de la Mosquée-Université d'el Azhar: 359 H.-1359 H. (1940), travaux d'urbanisme en cette occasion. Le Caire: Imprimerie Nationale, Boulac, [1936]
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Country
Egypt
Language
French
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religious
religious
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