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the Citadel of Cairo uses indices from maps, photographs, plans of hitherto unstudied structures, and a large array of historical documents to chronologically reconstruct the Citadel's development from its foundation by Salah al-Din until it reached its most monumental form in the middle of the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-Ashrafiyya al-Durr al-Fusṭāt al-Kamil al-Malik al-Naşir al-Nāṣir Muḥammad al-Qahira al-Ṣāliḥ al-Sirr al-Zahir Baybars amirial amirs architectural army Ayyub Ayyubid Bāb Bab al-Mudarraj Bab al-Qulla Baḥri Baraka Khan Barquq Barsbay Baybars Baybars's Bi'r building built Burj al-Rafraf Burji Burji period Cairo caliph Casanova century chroniclers Citadel 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-Furāt Ibn Shaddad Ibn Taghri-Birdi Ibrāhīm inscription Islamic Islamic Architecture Iwan al-Kabir khanqah khāṣṣakiyya Khițat madrasa Mamluk period Mamluk Sultanate Maqrizi maydan meters Mongol monumental mosque northern Nujūm Nūwayri original Ottoman palaces palatial complex qa'a Qa'at Qalawun Qalqashandi qaṣr Qasr al-Ablaq Qawṣun qubba rafraf rebuilt reign royal Ṣalah Ṣalāḥ al-Din sources southern enclosure stables structures Şubḥ sultan Sulūk Syria Tārīkh tower Umari vaults vols wall waqf