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Bab al-Futuh (Gate of Conquest), Cairo, AD1087 (Museum No: EA.CA.3619)

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Early Muslim Architecture: Umayyads, Early ʿAbbāsids and Ṭūlūnids, Part 2: Early ʿAbbāsids, Umayyads of Cordova, Aghlabids,Ṭūlūnids and Sāmānids, AD 751–905, with contributions by Félix Hernández, Georges Marçais, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ḥilmī, and Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939, pp. xxvi & 415 (incl. index), 261 figs & 123 pls

‘The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam’, Ars Islamica XI/XII (1946), pp. 159–166; reprinted in Islamic Culture XXIV (1950), pp. 218–225

‘A Bibliography of Islamic Astrolabes’, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad University, Cairo IX, pt. 2 (1947), pp. 1–15

'Preface', The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (AD 641) to 1365 H. (1946), Ministry of Waqfs: Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1949, 2 vols [editions in English & Arabic]

‘The Kaʿba in A.D. 608’, Archaeologia XCIV (2nd ser., vol. XLIV) (1949), pp. 97–102, 3 figs & 1 pl.

‘A Bibliography of Glass and Rock Crystal in Islam’, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad University, Cairo XIV, pt.1 (1952), pp. 1–28

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, I: Ikhshīds and Fāṭimids, AD 939–1171, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1952, pp. xxvi & 292, with 173 figs & 125 pls

A Bibliography of Painting in Islam, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, I), Cairo, 1953, p. 100

‘Problems in Islamic Architecture’, Art Bulletin XXXV (1953), pp. 1–7, 4 figs & 16 figs on 4 pls

‘A Bibliography of Muslim Architecture in North Africa (excluding Egypt)’, Hespéris XLI, Supplément (1954), p. 65

‘A Visit to Ukhaidir and Kūfa with Dr. Naji al-Asil’, Sumer X (1954), pp. 143–149 & 3 plans

‘Fortification in Islam before AD 1250. Aspects of art lecture, Henriette Hertz Trust, British Academy’, Proceedings of the British Academy XXXVIII (1952), published London, 1954, pp. 89–125, 16 figs & 16 pls

A Bibliography of the Muslim Architecture of Egypt, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, III), Cairo, 1955, p. 64

A Bibliography of Arms and Armour in Islam, Royal Asiatic Society (James G. Forlong Fund, XXV), Luzac & Co., London, 1956, p. 79.

‘A Bibliography of the Muslim Architecture of Mesopotamia’, Sumer XII (1956), pp. 51–65

‘The Legend that al-Walīd Asked for and Obtained Help from the Byzantine Emperor’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1956), pp. 142–145

‘Bibliographie der islamischen Einbandkunst, 1871 bis 1956, jointly with Emil Gratzl and Richard Ettinghausen’, Ars Orientalis II (1957), pp. 519–540

‘Research on Muslim Architecture’, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Congress of Orientalists ... Istanbul, September 13th to 22nd, 1951, II, Brill, Leiden, 1957, pp. 640–641

A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture, Penguin Books, Harmonsworth, 1958, pp. xiv & 330, 64 figs & 72 pls

‘Bāb’, Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., I, Leiden, 1958, pp. 830–832, 2 figs & 8 pls

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II: Ayyūbids and Early Baḥrite Mamlūks, AD 1171–1326, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1959, pp. xxiv & 330, 151 figs & 126 pls; reprinted by Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978

‘The Great Mosque of Ḥamā’, Aus der Welt der Islamischen Kunst: Festschrift für Ernst Kühnel, Mann, Berlin, 1959, pp. 47–53, 3 figs

‘Architecture’, Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., I, Leiden, 1960, pp. 608–624, 14 figs & 24 pls

Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam to 1st Jan, 1960, The American University in Cairo Press, 1961

‘Islamic Architecture’, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., XII, pp. 707, 707a–d, & 708, 4 figs

‘Minaret’, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., XV, p. 521, 2 illus.

‘Fatimid Art: Architecture’, Encyclopedia of World Art, V, New York, Toronto and London, 1961, cols 358–364, pls 245–250 & 4 figs

‘Ommiad Schools’, Encyclopedia of World Art, X, New York, Toronto and London, 1965, cols 745–757, pls 377–386 & 11 figs

Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam, Supplement, Jan 1960 to Jan 1972, The American University in Cairo Press, 1961

¹Based on C. L. Geddes, Studies in Islamic Art in honour of Professor K.A.C. Creswell, Cairo, 1965, pp. xiv–xix

1912

‘A comparison of the Hebrew Sephiroth with the “Paut Neteru” of Egypt’, The Occult Review (Dec. 1912), pp. 349–357

‘The Miḥrāb from Kāshān’, Burlington Magazine xxiii (1912), “Letters”, p. 302

1913

‘The Origin of the Persian Double Dome’, Burlington Magazine xxiv (1913), pp. 94–99, 4 figs and 1 pl., and pp. 152–156, 4 figs

1914

‘Indian Domes of Persian Origin’, Asiatic Review v (1914), pp. 475–489, 5 figs and 1 pl.

1915

‘The History and Evolution of the Dome in Persia’, Indian Antiquary xliv (1915), pp. 133–159, 5 pls and 26 figs

‘Persian Domes before a.d. 1400’, Burlington Magazine xxvi (1915), pp. 146–150 and 155, 10 figs and 1 pl., and pp. 208–213, 5 figs and 1 pl.

1918

‘The Vaulting System of the Hindola Maḥāl at Mandū, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects xxv, Third Series (1918), pp. 237–245. Reprinted (with additions) in Indian Antiquary xlvii, pp. 169–145, 6 figs and 3 pls

1919

‘A Brief Chronology of the Muḥammadan Monuments of Egypt to a.d.1517, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale xvi (1919), pp. 39–164, 3 figs and 18 pls

‘Some Newly Discovered Ṭūlūnide Ornament’, Burlington Magazine xxxv (1919), pp. 180–188, 1 fig. and 3 pls. Reprinted in Indian Antiquary L, pp. 48–51, 3 pls

1921

‘Muslim Work Touched by the Pro-Jerusalem Society’, Jerusalem 1918–1920 (London, 1921), pp. 67–70 and illus. pp. 77–79

1922

‘Ancient Gates of Cairo’, The Sphinx (Cairo, 1922), Special Tourist Number, pp. 17–18, 3 illus.

‘The Origin of the Cruciform Plan of Cairene Madrasas’, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale xxi, pp. 1–54, 10 figs and 12 pls

A Provisional Bibliography of Painting in Muhammadan Art, privately printed, London, c. 1922, pp. 11

‘A Provisional Bibliography of the Muhammadan Architecture of India’, Indian Antiquary li (1922), pp. 81–108, and pp. 165–179. Reprinted separately by The British India Press, Mazgaon, Bombay

1923

‘The Great Salients of the Mosque of al-Hakim at Cairo’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1923, pp. 573–584, 2 figs and 5 pls

‘Two Khāns at Khān Ṭūmān’, Syria iv (1923), pp. 134–139 and 3 pls

‘Discoveries at Cairo Citadel’, The Sphinx xxxi (Dec. 29th, 1923), p. 7, 3 illus

1924

‘Archaeological Researches at the Citadel of Cairo’, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale xxxiii (1924), pp. 89–167, 13 figs (including 9 folding pls) and 30 pls

‘Map of Cairo showing Mohammedan Monuments to a.d. 1517’, Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1924, Scale 1:5000, pp. 4 (of numerical index)

‘A Provisional Bibliography of the Moslem Architecture of Syria and Palestine’, Jerusalem 1920–1922 (London, 1924), pp. 70–94

‘The Origin of the Plan of the Dome of the Rock’, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem Supplementary Papers, No.2 (1924), pp. 30, 8 figs

1925

‘Dr F.R. Martin’s MS. “Treatise on Automata”’, The Year Book of Oriental Art and Culture (1924–25), pp. 33–40, 1 fig. and 4 pls

1926

‘The Evolution of the Minaret, with Special Reference to Egypt’, Burlington Magazine xlviii (1926), pp. 134–140, 252–258 and 290–298 (including 2 pp. of tables), 4 figs and 4 pls

‘Project de reconstruction de la mosquée d’Amrou au Caire au temps de sa plus grande splendeur’, Cairo, 1926, pp. 42, 32 illus.

‘The Works of Sultan Bibars al-Bunduqdārī in Egypt’, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale xxvi (1926), pp. 129–193, 10 figs and 31 pls

‘Islamische Baukunst in Ägypten’, Karl Baedeker’s Ägypten, 1926, 8th ed. Leipzig, 1928, pp. clxxxvi–cxcviii

1928

‘The Citadel of Cairo’, Egypt and the Sudan (Tourist Development Association of Egypt, Cairo), 1928, pp. 26–27, 3 illus.

1929

‘Islamic Architecture in Egypt’, Karl Baedeker, Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for Travellers, 8th ed., Leipzig, 1929, pp. cxcii–cciv and 2 plans. English edition of No.27 above.

‘La mosquée Al Aqṣā et la Néa de Justinien’, Byzantion iv (1927–28, pp. 301–311, trans. A. Abel

1930

‘Architecture’, Persian Art, ed. Sir E. Denison Ross, Luzac, London, pp. 46–59 and 4 pls.

English translations in Gaston Wiet, Album du Musée Arabe du Caire, Publications du Musée Arabe du Caire, Cairo, 1930, pp. 100 and 100 pls

1931

‘The Muslim Period. i. Architecture’, The Art of Egypt Through the Ages, ed. Sir E. Denison Ross, The Studio, London, 1931, pp. 61–71, 3 figs and 40 pls

‘Early Persian Moslem Architecture’, Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Persian Art’, 1931, pp. 14–15.

‘Persian Architecture’, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architecture ser. 3, xxxviii (1931), pp. 250–257, 10 illus.

1932

Early Muslim Architecture. Umayyads, early ʿAbbāsids and Ṭūlūnids. Part i: Umayyads, a.d. 622–750, with a contribution on the Mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and of the Great Mosque at Damascus, by Marguerite van Berchem, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1932, pp. xxv and 414, 491 figs and 81 pls

‘La mosquée de ʿAmru’, Bulletin de l'institut français d'archéologie orientale xxxiii (1932), pp. 121–166, 16 figs and 12 pls

‘The Recent Discovery at Fustat’, The Sphinx xxxix (30th July, 1932), p. 23 and 4 figs

1933

‘Jāmiʿ Abū Fatāta bi-Sūs. (The Mosque of Bū Fatātā at Sūs’), al-Handasa xii (1933), pp. 428–434 [in Arabic]

‘The Foundation of Cairo’, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad i University, Cairo ( i), pp. 258–281, 1 fig.

1934

‘The Great Mosque of al-Manṣūr at Baghdād’, Iraq i (1934), pp. 105–111, 2 figs

Ḥawl al-Ḥaram al-Madanī, al-Handasa xiv, pp. 429–432

1937

‘Another Word on Qaṣr al-Ḥair’, Syria xviii (1937), pp. 232–233

‘Islam’s Newly Revealed Artistic Inheritance from Byzantium: Hellenistic Panels in the El Aksa Mosque’, Illustrated London News, Vol. 190, No. 5100 (16 January, 1937), pp. 945, 17 illus.

1939

‘Coptic Influences on Early Muslim Architecture’, Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte v (1939), pp. 29–42, 6 figs and 7 pls

1940

Early Muslim Architecture. Umayyads, Early ʿAbbāsids and Ṭūlūnids. Part 2: Early ʿAbbāsids, Umayyads of Cordova, Aghlabids,Ṭūlūnids and Sāmānids, a.d. 751–905, with contributions by Félix Hernández, Georges Marçais, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ḥilmī and Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939, pp. xxvi and 415 (incl. index), 261 figs an 123 pls

1946

‘The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam’, Ars Islamica xi/xii (1946), pp. 159–166; reprinted in Islamic Culture xxiv (1950), pp. 218–225

1947

‘A Bibliography of Islamic Astrolabes’, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad University, Cairo ix, pt.2 (1947), pp. 1–15

1949

Preface to The Mosques of Egypt from 21 h. (a.d. 641) to 1365 h. (1946), being a series of views in colour and monochrome of the principal mosques of Egypt with a brief note on each monument describing its history and architectural features accompanied by detailed plans and maps, Ministry of Waqfs: Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1949, 2 vols; English and Arabic editions

‘The Kaʿba in a.d. 608’, Archaeologia xciv (2nd ser. vol. xliv) (1949), pp. 97–102, 3 figs and 1 pl.

1952

‘A Bibliography of Glass and Rock Crystal in Islam’, Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad University, Cairo xiv, pt.1, pp. 1–28

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, i. Ikhshīds and Fāṭimids, a.d.939–1171, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1952, pp. xxvi and 292, with 173 figs and 125 pls

1953

A Bibliography of Painting in Islam, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, i), Cairo, 1953, p. 100

‘Problems in Islamic Architecture’, Art Bulletin xxxv (1953), pp. 1–7, 4 figs and 16 figs on 4 pls

1954

‘A Bibliography of Muslim Architecture in North Africa (excluding Egypt)’, Hespéris xli, Supplément (1954), p. 65

‘A Visit to Ukhaidir and Kūfa with Dr. Naji al-Asil’, Sumer x (1954), pp. 143–149 and 3 plans

‘Fortification in Islam before a.d. 1250. Aspects of art lecture, Henriette Hertz Trust, British Academy’, Proceedings of the British Academy xxxviii (1952), published London, 1954, pp. 89–125, 16 figs and 16 pls

1955

A Bibliography of the Muslim Architecture of Egypt, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, iii), Cairo, 1955, p. 64

1956

A Bibliography of Arms and Armour in Islam, Royal Asiatic Society (James G. Forlong Fund, xxv), Luzac & Co., London, 1956, p. 79.

‘A Bibliography of the Muslim Architecture of Mesopotamia’, Sumer xii (1956), pp. 51–65

‘The Legend that al-Walīd Asked for and Obtained Help from the Byzantine Emperor’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1956), pp. 142–145

1957

‘Bibliographie der islamischen Einbandkunst, 1871 bis 1956, jointly with Emil Gratzl and Richard Ettinghausen’, Ars Orientalis ii (1957), pp. 519–540

‘Research on Muslim Architecture’, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Congress of Orientalists ... Istanbul, September 13th to 22nd, 1951, ii, Brill, Leiden, 1957, pp. 640–641

1958

A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture, Penguin Books, Harmonsworth, 1958, pp. xiv and 330, 64 figs and 72 pls

‘Bāb’, Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., i, Leiden, 1958, pp. 830–832, 2 figs and 8 pls

1959

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, ii. Ayyūbids and Early Baḥrite Mamlūks, a.d. 1171–1326, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1959, pp. xxiv and 330, 151 figs and 126 pls. Reprinted by Hacker Art Books, New York, 1978

‘The Great Mosque of Ḥamā’, Aus der Welt der Islamischen Kunst. Festschrift für Ernst Kühnel, Mann, Berlin, 1959, pp. 47–53, 3 figs

1960

‘Architecture’, Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., i, Leiden, 1960, pp. 608–624, 14 figs and 24 pls

1961

Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam to 1st Jan., 1960, The American University in Cairo Press, 1961

‘Islamic Architecture’, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., xii, pp. 707, 707 a–d, and 708, 4 figs

‘Minaret’, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., xv, p. 521, 2 illus.

‘Fatimid Art: Architecture’ Encyclopedia of World Art, v, New York, Toronto and London, 1961, cols 358–364, pls 245–250 and 4 figs

1965

‘Ommiad Schools’, Encyclopedia of World Art, x, New York, Toronto and London, 1965, cols 745–757, pls 377–386 and 11 figs

1973

Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam , Supplement, Jan.1960 to Jan.1972, The American University in Cairo Press, 1961

Original volumes of Creswell's <em>Early Muslim Architecture</em>.

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