The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mameluk ArchitectureThis architectural history of the Citadel of Cairo uses indices from maps, photographs, plans of hitherto unstudied structures, and a large array of historical documents to chronologically reconstruct the Citadel's development from its foundation by Salah al-Din until it reached its most monumental form in the middle of the fourteenth century. The study analyzes the influence of Mamluk socio-political hierarchy on the conceptualization of the Citadel's spaces and forms; assesses its impact on medieval Cairo; proposes a new interpretation for the development of Mamluk royal architecture; and presents new definitions for a number of medieval architectural terms. By weaving the history of the Citadel together with the history of Cairo and the Mamluk system, this book is relevant to historians of architecture and urbanism and medieval historians. |
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The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture Nasser O. Rabbat Limited preview - 2021 |
The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture Nasser O. Rabbat No preview available - 1995 |
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Abbasid Abū al-'adl al-Ashraf al-Ashraf Khalil al-Durr al-Kamil al-Malik al-Mudarraj al-Muqattam al-Nāșir Muhammad al-Qāhira al-Sirr al-Zahir Baybars amirial amirs architectural army Ayyubid Bāb Bab al-Qulla Badā'i Bahri Baybars Baybars's Bi'r building built Burj al-Rafraf Burji Cairo caliph Casanova century chroniclers construction court Creswell Damascus dār David Ayalon Description de l'Égypte dome door Egypt Evliya Çelebi façade Fatimid gate hall hawsh Histoire Ibn Abd al-Zahir Ibn al-Dawādārī Ibn al-Furāt Ibn Iyās Ibn Shaddad Ibn Taghri-Birdī Ibrāhīm inscription Islamic Ismā'īlī Iwān Iwan al-Kabir khanqah khāṣșakiyya Khițat madrasa Mamluk period Mamluk Sultanate Maqrīzī Masālik maydan meters Mongol monumental Muhammad Alī Nihāya northern Nujūm Nūr al-Din Nūwayri original Ottoman palaces palatial complex qāʻa Qaʻa al-Ashrafiyya Qaʻat Qalāwūn Qalqashandī qaşr Qasr al-Ablaq qubba Qulla rafraf rebuilt reign royal Şalah Şalāḥ al-Din Shajar al-Durr sources southern enclosure stables structures sultan Sulūk Syria Tārīkh tower vaults wall waqf Yūsuf