Cairo - Ibn Tulun Mosque Main Court

From the main entrance we enter the east forecourt and turn left through the sanctuary to reach the Main Court (Sahn), 295ft/90 m square, with a fountain in the middle. This is surrounded by liwans with two rows of columns five rows in the main liwan on the south side, the prayer hall or sanctuary. The facades have pointed relieving arches above the columns and a frieze of rosettes along the top. The oldest parts of the decoration of the interior, in carved (not moulded) stucco and wood, are without the intricate interlace patterns of the later Byzantino-Arab style.