Bibliography of the Works of Prof. K.A.C. Creswell
Mostly based on:

C. L. Geddes and others, Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honour of Professor K.A.C. Creswell (Cairo, 1965)


“A Comparison of the Hebrew Sephiroth with the Paut Neteru of Egypt,” The Occult Review, Dec. 1912: 349-57

“The Mihrab from Kashan,” Burlington Magazine, XIII, 1912, “Letters”, 302

“The Origin of the Persian Double Dome,” Burlington Magazine, XXIV, 1913: 94-9 and 152-6

“Indian Domes of Persian Origin,” Asiatic Review, V, 1914: 475-89

“The History and Evolution of the Dome in Persia,” Indian Antiquary, XLIV, 1915: 133-59

“Persian Domes before AD 1400,” Burlington Magazine, XXVI, 1915: 146-50 and 208-13

“The Vaulting System of the Hindola Mahal at Mandu,” Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, XXV, Third Series, 1918:169-77

“A Brief Chronology of the Muhammadan Monuments of Egypt to A.D. 1517,” Bulletin de l’instiut française d’archéologie orientale, XVI, 1919: 39-164

“Some Newly Discovered Tulunide Ornament,” Burlington Magazine, XXXV, 1919: 180-8

“Muslim Work Touched by the Pro-Jerusalem Society,” Jerusalem 1918-1920, 1921: 67-70

“Ancient Gates of Cairo,” The Sphinx (Cairo), Special Tourist number 1922: 17-18

“Origin of the Swelling Dome,” Indian Antiquary, LI, “Letters”, 1922: 79-80

“The Origin of the Cruciform Plan of Cairene Madrasas,” Bulletin de l’instiut française d’archéologie orientale, XXI, 1922:1-54

“A Provisional Bibliography of Painting in Muhammadan Art,” Privately printed, London (1922): 11

“A Provisional Bibliography of the Muhammadan Architecture of India,” Indian Antiquary, LI, 1922: 81-108 and 165-79

“The Great Salients of the Mosque of al-Hakim at Cairo,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1923: 573-84

“Two Khans at Khan Tuman,” Syria, IV, 1923: 134-9

“Discoveries at Cairo Citadel,” The Sphinx, XXXI, Dec. 29th 1923: 7

“Archaeological Researches at the Citadel of Cairo,” Bulletin de l’instiut française d’archéologie orientale, XXIII, 1924: 89-167

“Map of Cairo Showing Mohammedan Monuments to A.D. 1517,’ Survey of Egypt, Cairo, Scale 1:5000

“A Provisional Bibliography of the Moslem Architecture of Syria ad Palestine,” Jerusalem 1920-1922 (London, 1924): 70-94

“The Origin of the Plan of the Dome of the Rock,” British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (1924): 30

Dr. F. R. Martin’s MS. “Treatise on Automata.” The Year Book of Oriental Art and Culture (1924-25): 33-40

The Evolution of the Minaret, with Special Reference to Egypt, Burlington Magazine, XLVIII, 1926: 134-40, 252-8 and 290-98

Projet de reconstruction de la mosquée d’Amrou au Caire au temps de sa plus grande splendeur, (Cairo, 1926): 42

The Works of Sultan Bibars al-Bunduqdari in Egypt, Bulletin de l’instiut française d’archéologie orientale XXVI, 1926: 129-93

Islamische Baukunst in Agypten, Karl Baedeker’s Agypten, 8th ed. (Leipzig, 1928): clxxxvi-cxcviii

“The Citadel of Cairo,” Egypt and the Sudan (Cairo, 1928): 26-7

“Islamic Architecture in Egypt, Karl Baedeker, Egypt and the Sudan,” Handbook for Travellers, 8th ed., (Leipzig, 1929): cxcii-cciv

“La mosquée al-aqsa et la Nea de Justinien,” Byzantion, IV (1927-28): 301-11

“Architecture,” Persian Art, ed. By Sir E. Denison Ross, (London, 1930): 46-59

English translations in the Album du Musee Arabe du Caire, par M. Gaston Wiet, Publications du Musee Arabe du Caire, (Cairo, 1930)

“The Muslim Period I, Architecture,” The Art of Egypt Through the Ages, ed. By Sir E. Denison Ross, The Studio, (London, 1931): 61-71

“Early Persian Moslem Architecture,’ Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Persian Art (1931): 14-15

“Persian Architecture,” Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, ser. 3, XXXVIII, (1931): 250-57

Early Muslim Architecture, Umayyads, Early ‘Abbasids and Tulunids, Part I: Umayyads, A.D. 622-750, with a contribution on the Mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque of Damascus, by Marguerite van Berchem. (Oxford): 1932

“La mosquée de ‘Amru,” Bulletin de l’instiut française d’archéologie orientale, XXXII, 1932: 121-166

“The recent Discovery at Fustat,” The Sphinx, XXXII, 30th July, 1932: 23

“Jami‘ Abi Fatata bi-Sus (The Mosque of Bu Fatata at Sus),” al-Handasa, XII (1933): 428-34

“The Foundation of Cairo,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University, Cairo, 1933: 258-81

“The Great Mosque of al-Mansur at Baghdad,” Iraq, I, 1934: 105-11

“Hawl al-Haram al-Madani,” al-Handasa, XIV, 1934: 429-32

“Another Word on Qasr al-Hair,” Syira, XVII, 1934: 232-3

“Islam’s Newly Revealed Artistic Inheritance from Byzantium: Hellenistic Panels in the El Aksa Mosque,” Illustrated London News, Vol. 190, No. 5100, January 16th, 1937: 94-5


“Coptic Influences on Early Muslim Architecture,” Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte, V, 1939: 29-42

Early Muslim Architecture, Umayyads, Early ‘Abbasids and Tulunids. Part 2: Early ‘Abbasids, Umayyads of Cordova, Aghlabids, Tulunids, and Samanids, A.D. 751-905, with contributions by Felix Hernandez, Georges Marcais, ‘Abd al-Fattah Hilmi and Hasan ‘Abd al-Wahhab. (Oxford, 1940): xxvi and 415

“The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam,” Ars Islamica, XI/XII (1946): 218-25

“A Bibliography of Islamic Astrolabes,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University, IX, pt.2, (1947): 1-15

“Preface,” The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (A.D. 641) to 1365 H. (Cairo, 1949)

“The Ka‘ba in A.D. 608,” Archaeologia, XCIV (2nd ser. Vol. XLIV), 1949: 97-102

“A Bibliography of Glass and Rock Crystal in Islam,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts, Fouad I University, XIV (Cairo, 1952): 1-28

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt I, Ikhshids and Fatimids, A.D. 939-1171 (Oxford, 1952)

“A Bibliography of Painting in Islam,” Institut Francais d’Archeologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, I), Cairo, 1953: 100

“Problems in Islamic Architecture,” Art Bulletin, XXXV (1953): 1-7

“A Bibliography of Muslim Architecture in North Africa (excluding Egypt),” Hespéris, XLI, Supplement (1954): 65

“A Visit to Ukhaidir and Kufa with Dr. Naji al-Asil,” Sumer, X, (1954): 143-9

“Fortification in Islam before A.D. 1250,” Aspects of Art Lecture, Henriette Hertz Trust, British Academy, Proceedings of the British Academy, XXXVIII (1952): 89-125

“A Bibliography of Muslim Architecture of Egypt,” Institut Francais d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire (Art Islamique, III), Cairo, 1955: 64

“A Bibliography of Arms and Armour in Islam,” Royal Asiatic Society (London, 1956): 79

“A Bibliography of Muslim Architecture of Mesopotamia,” Sumer, XII, 1956: 51-65

“The Legend that al-Walid Asked for and Obtained Help from the Byzantine Emperor,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1956: 142-5

“Bibliographie der islamischen Einbandkunst, 1897 bis 1956,” Ars Orientalis, II, 1957: 519-40

“Research on Muslim Architecture,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Congress of Orientalists…Istanbul, September 13th to 22nd, 1951, II, (Leiden, 1957): 640-1

A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (1958)

“Bab,” Encyclopedia of Islam, (1958), 1: 830-2

The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II, Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks, A.D. 1171-1326 (Oxford, 1959)

“The Great Mosque of Ahma,” Aus der Welt der Islamischen Kunst, Festschrift fur Ernst Kuhnel, (Berlin, 1959): 47-53

“Architecture,” Encyclopedia of Islam, (1960) 1: 608-24

Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam to 1st Jan., (1961)

“Islamic Architecture,” Encyclopedia Britannica, (1961)

“Minaret,” Encyclopedia Britannica, (1961)

“Fatimid Art-Architecture,” Enciclopedia Universalle del’ Arte, V, 1961, cols. 358-64

“Omayyadi, Scuole: Architettura,” Enciclopedia Universale del ‘Arte, X, 1964, cols 102-9

A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture, ed. James Allan (Great Britain, 1989)

The Creswell Archive, CD, The Ashmolean Museum, Department of Eastern Art (Oxford, 1999)
System requirements: Macintosh Power PC with 32 MB of RAM, a minimum of 60 MB free hard disk space and Macintosh system software OS8.0 or above.
Summary Collection of 6,000 black and white photographic images taken from the unique negative collection of Professor K.A.C. Creswell. Among the photographs are many of those used to illustrate the two publications which remain the basic research tools for scholars of medieval Islamic architecture: Creswell's Early Muslim architecture and Muslim architecture of Egypt. The collection also includes a large number of photographs intended for a third volume of Muslim architecture of Egypt, which was to deal with the monuments of the Burji Mamluk period. Since this project remained unfinished at the time of Creswell's death, the bulk of these are unpublished. The subjects of the photographs range in place and date from Al-Andalus to Iraq, from the late seventh century to the eighteenth. The greater part of the archive consists of images of the architecture of Egypt and the Levant between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. Most were taken in the second quarter of this century.