MINARETS OF BAGHDAD AND CAIRO CITIES (A COMPARATIVE ARTISTIC STUDY OF SELECTED MODELS)

The minaret is one of the most important symbols of Islamic architecture as well as Islamic civilization. Due to this importance, the subject was chosen for writing and study. This study is divided into several sections to address this importance. The first section included the early roots of the emergence of minarets and the study of the minaret linguistically and terminologically. The second section focuses on models of remaining minarets in Baghdad, starting from the oldest, the Souq Al-Ghazl Minaret, and includes other minarets up to the Ottoman era. These are compared with contemporaneous minarets in Cairo, highlighting the key similarities and differences. Then, the conclusion of the research and the most important results that the research reached.