Note 143 — Chapter VI · BAGHDÂD TO MÔṢUL April 12—April 28
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Thiersch has indicated the true relation of Ibn Ṭûlûn’s minaret both to the zigurrat of Mesopotamia and to the pharos of Alexandria. His objections to Herzfeld’s theory that the Cairo minaret is purely Hellenistic in origin are conclusive. Thiersch: Pharos, p. 112.