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Author:

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.

Title:

Cairo of the Mamluks : a history of the architecture and its culture / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.

Publisher:

In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xix, 359 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Architecture, Islamic--Cairo.--Cairo.
Architecture, Mameluke--Cairo.--Cairo.
Mosques--Cairo.--Cairo.
Tombs--Cairo.--Cairo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-345) and index.

Contents:

The Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) -- Pious patronage -- Motivation and perception of monumental patronage -- The patronage of the civilian elite -- Ceremonial culture -- Treasures, status and style -- Construction : organization and cost -- The growth of the Metropolis -- The Metropolitan architectural style -- The evolution of Mamluk architecture in Cairo -- The successors of the Ayyubids -- The reign of al-Zahir Baybars -- From al-Mansur Qalawun to al-Nasir Muhammad -- The early period of al-Nasir Muhammad's reign -- Al-Nasir Muhammad's Third Reign and after -- The reign of al-Nasir Hasan and after -- The reign of al-Nasir Faraj Ibn Barquq -- The reign of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh -- The reign of al-Ashraf Barsbay -- The reign of al-Zahir Jaqmaq -- The reign of al-Ashraf Inal -- The reign of al-Ashraf Qaytbay -- The reign of al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.

ISBN:

184511549X (cloth)
9781845115494 (cloth)

Locations:

USUX851 -- ISU Library (Ames)