Splendours of An Islamic World

The Glory of Medieval Cairo, The Eventful, Reign of the Mamluks, From slave to Sultan, Birth of the Empire- the Dynasty of the Bahrids, The apogee of Mohammed el-Nasir- Catastrophe and crisis-the Grand Circassian Style- The swansong- Turning History, The Acient world: Crucible of Mamluk Art, The Turko-Mongolian Invasions- the Crusades- The Influences on Mamluk art- A World in motion, The Classic mosque and the Madrasa- tombs and mausolea- The minarets, Buildings within the fabric of the town- ornamentation, The tomb of Kalasoun and the Mosque of the Citadel, an architectural success, The work of Mohammed el-Nasir, The Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, the divine fortress, An Island site, the Richness of the decoration, The Barkkukiya of Cairo, the Precious mausoleum, the Cairo of a Thousand an One Nights, The Desert Mausoleum of Barkuk, The rule of symmetry, A mausoleum with a cupola in stone, the funerary chambers, The Last flowering of Religious Art, The Mosque of Muayyad, The Mausoleum of Kait Bey in the city of the dead syrian Influence, The Mamluk Palaces, the Sultan’s palace n the Citadel, Aulic ritual , A survivor : the Beshtak Palace, Private houses, Public service buildings, The Grandeur and Decadence of Mamluk Art, The Wakf System, Masterpieces in peril. Appendices: Islamic Architecture of Cairo Before the Mamulk Sultanate: The first mosque, the art of the tulunids, The Shiite caliphate of Cairo, The mosque of Sultan Hakim, The Wall of Badr Gramali, Under the Banner of Saladin, Chronological Table of Political and Cultural Events, Chronology of Monuments cited, Street-Plan of Cairo, Map of the Middle east at the time of the Mamluks, Glossary, bibliography, Acknowledgments.

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