KING Geoffrey RD

KING Geoffrey RD

The historical mosques of Saudi Arabia, edited by Longman, London, 1986.

In-4°, 208 pages. First edition in English. Numerous illustrations. Referencing and detailed studies of ancient mosques built on the current territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a research work undertaken over two exploration campaigns (1972-1975 and 1982-1985). The work is divided into three parts (west, center, east). This corpus took shape thanks to Dr. King's observation that the mosques of Arabia's provinces are little known and little studied, apart from those cited by travellers (e.g. Burton, Palgrave...) and mainly located in Mecca and Medina. The resulting unique photographic compilation reveals the local and external (Egyptian, Ottoman, North African...) influences on the construction of these places of prayer, some of which date back to the time of the Prophet or earlier, and have since been rebuilt over and over again. An exhaustive study covering almost 13 centuries of architecture in Arabia. Geoffrey King, researcher whose work focuses on architecture, archaeology and the arts in Arabia. He taught in Cairo and at King Saud University in Riadh (1980-1987).