Mamluk history through architecture : monuments, culture and politics in medieval Egypt and Syria / Nasser Rabbat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabbat, Nasser O.

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Series:

Library of Middle East history ; v. 21.

Library of Middle East history ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Mameluke--Egypt.

Architecture, Mameluke.

Architecture, Mameluke--Syria.

Mamelukes.

Egypt--History--1250-1517.

Egypt.

History.

Syria--History--1260-1516.

Syria.

Physical Description:

xiv, 261 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I. B. Tauris, 2010.

Contents:

Critiquing Mamluk Sources

The Changing Concept of Mamluk in the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria

Representing the Mamluks in Mamluk Historical Writing

Perception of Architecture in Mamluk Sources

Architects and Artists in Mamluk Society: The Perspective of the Sources

Architecture as History

The Mosaics of the Qubba al-Zahiriyya in Damascus: A Classical Syrian Medium Acquires a Mamluk Signature

The Militarisation of Taste in Medieval Bilad al-Sham

Al-Azhar Mosque: An Architectural Chronicle of Cairo's History

Architecture and Language

Documenting Buildings in the Waqf System

The Iwans of the Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

Qasr: An agent of Monumentality in Mamluk Architecture

Mamluk Throne Halls: Qubba or Iwan

Architecture as Cultural Index

Writing the History of Islamic Architecture in Cairo

The Ideological Significance of the Dar al-" Adl in the Medieval Islamic Orient

" Ajib and Gharib: Artistic Perception in Medieval Arabic Sources

The Formation of the Neo-Mamluk Style in Modern Egypt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-251) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

1845119649

9781845119645

OCLC:

649804243

Publisher Number:

99947773685