Ibn Tulun The Story of a Mosque Author:Fiona Macdonald Through the expert scholarship of author Fiona Macdonald, readers follow the story of Ibn Tulun, governor of ninth-century Abbasid Egypt. The text chronicles his life against the backdrop of the rich history of the era while describing the design and history of the mosque he commissioned. Still in use today, this Cairo mosque is considere... more »d one of the oldest and finest in the Islamic world.« less