5703 x 3802 px | 48,3 x 32,2 cm | 19 x 12,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
octobre 2014
Lieu:
Cairo Egypt
Informations supplémentaires:
The mosque of al-Salih Tala'i', built by the Fatimid vizier al-Salih Tala'i' ibn Ruzzik in 1160/554-555 AH during the caliphate of al-Fa'iz, is the second extant Fatimid mosque to be built by a vizier, the first being that of al-Aqmar. Originally it was conceived as a shrine to house the head of al-Husayn, which was brought to Cairo from its shrine in Ascalon by the vizier when it was threatened by an impending attack from the Crusaders. But the caliph instead kept the relic in a shrine in the Fatimid palace, which became part of the Mosque of al-Husayn when the palace was destroyed.
