| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations, plans |
| Series |
Library of Middle East history ; volume 21 |
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Library of Middle East history ; v. 21.
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| Contents |
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 -- 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 -- Documenting building 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 -- 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 on modern Egypt |
| Summary |
Mamluk architecture is key to the social history of the period. Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, Mamluk History Through Architecture shows how the buildings mirror the complex-and historically unique-military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. With this study Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks-through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Mamluk History Through Architecture ranges over some of the greatest architectural achievements of the Mamluk world, showing how architecture played a distinct role in the social and political life of the time. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. In Egypt, Rabbat explores the famous Citadel of Cairo, the seat of power in Egypt for seven hundred years, shedding light on the governments that inhabited this building, while also showing how al-Azhar Mosque served as a barometer for the status of Cairo's ruling elites. And in Damascus, Rabbat speculates on the brief resurgence of glass mosaic in Mamluk art of the thirteenth century, tying this artistic flourishing to the wider social spirit of the time. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Architecture, Mameluke -- Egypt
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Architecture, Mameluke -- Syria
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Mamelukes.
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Architecture, Mameluke.
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Architectural structure & design.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Egypt.
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Architecture, Mameluke
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Mamelukes
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Mameluken -- Architektur.
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Architektur -- Mameluken.
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Islamische Architektur -- Gesellschaft -- Syrien -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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Islamische Architektur -- Gesellschaft -- Ägypten -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041295
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Syria -- History -- 1260-1516. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131702
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Egypt
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Syria
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Syrien -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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Ägypten -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786733863 |
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1786733862 |
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9781786723864 |
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1786723867 |
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1845119649 |
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9781845119645 |
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