Surprise me

A tall pale minaret with two balconies and an open pavilion topped by a bulb rises over a dark city, beside a crescent moon.
Room
Size
View

Old Cairo Nights

Mamluk Minaret

No. 2 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA tall pale minaret with two balconies and an open pavilion topped by a bulb rises over a dark city, beside a crescent moon.

What it meansMamluk minarets in Cairo were typically built in stages, square below, octagonal in the middle and round at the top, with carved stone balconies between.

Where it worksA slender piece for a narrow wall, a stairway or beside a doorway.

Pin it
2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1

Everything is one ZIP: every shape and size, the phone wallpaper, the SVGs and a printing guide.

← PreviousNext →

More from Old Cairo Nights

All 20 prints
A single carved stone dome with a zigzag pattern and a row of lit windows sits beneath a large full moon.Moon and DomeNo. 3
A single hanging lantern with amber, teal and pink glass glows inside a carved niche, throwing small stars of light across the wall.FanousNo. 4
A felucca with a pale lateen sail drifts on the Nile under a full moon, with palms and minarets along the far bank.FeluccaNo. 5
A projecting wooden balcony of turned lattice glows from within against a moonlit teal wall, with a cat sitting on its ledge.MashrabiyaNo. 6
A tall wooden minbar seen from the side: a straight stair rising between panels inlaid with ivory stars, a gate with a crested top at its foot and a small domed pavilion at the head, under windows of coloured glass and a hanging glass lamp.MinbarNo. 7
A two-storey public fountain building with grilled windows of ablaq stone below and an open wooden loggia above, lit by lanterns at night.SabilNo. 8
A vaulted market street recedes into the distance, lined with lit stalls hung with lengths of coloured cloth and folded bolts on low counters, with lanterns down the centre.Cloth MarketNo. 9
A tall reception hall with a central arch, a glowing wooden screen, a hanging lantern and an octagonal marble fountain set into the floor.The Qa'aNo. 10

You might also like

The shadow of a palm frond spread across a white wall beside a small blue door, with a single potted agave on the cobbles.Palm ShadowSunlit Doors · No. 39
Blue-and-white Fez plates hung on a warm terracotta wall: a zigzag rim, a ring of scallops with teal dots and a cobalt eight-point star at the centre of each. The square shows a single large plate, the portrait two, the landscape three.Fez PlatesIslamic Home · No. 19
A dark studded door in a surround of striped black and white stone, with an interlocking lintel and a white-flowered jasmine climbing from a pot over the top.Damascus JasmineDoors · No. 12
A narrow alley between tall walls, looking down its length to a small lit doorway at the far end. Four strings of lanterns cross overhead, growing smaller with distance; lit windows and two wooden doors line the walls, and a strip of indigo sky holds the crescent.The AlleyLantern & Light · No. 12
A white bedroom just after sunrise, cobalt shutters open on a cypress and a striped blanket on the bed.First LightSummer House · No. 17
A single pink lantern with lit arched windows hangs against a blue lattice wall.One LanternSouk Crowd · No. 24
A brass dallah, small finjan cups and a bowl of dates sit on a round tray in front of sadu-woven floor cushions.QahwaOud & Majlis · No. 12
Twisted skeins of wool hung over poles to dry, grouped in runs of saffron, red, indigo and mint.Dyers' SkeinsSouk · No. 8