Cairo of the Mamluks
Subtitle: a history of the architecture and its culture
By: Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9781845115494
Subjects: Architecture, Mameluke -- Egypt -- Cairo; Architecture, Islamic -- Egypt -- Cairo; Mosques -- Egypt -- Cairo; Tombs -- Egypt -- Cairo
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517); title: Pious patronage; title: Motivation and perception of monumental patronage; title: The patronage of the civilian elite; title: Ceremonial culture; title: Treasures, status and style; title: Construction: organization and cost; title: The growth of the Metropolis; title: The Metropolitan architectural style; title: The evolution of Mamluk architecture in Cairo; title: The successors of the Ayyubids; title: The reign of al-Zahir Baybars; title: From al-Mansur Qalawun to al-Nasir Muhammad; title: The early period of al-Nasir Muhammad's reign; title: Al-Nasir Muhammad's Third Reign and after; title: The reign of al-Nasir Hasan and after; title: The reign of al-Nasir Faraj Ibn Barquq; title: The reign of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh; title: The reign of al-Ashraf Barsbay; title: The reign of al-Zahir Jaqmaq; title: The reign of al-Ashraf Inal; title: The reign of al-Ashraf Qaytbay; title: The reign of al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.