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The Citadel of Cairo : a new interpretation of Royal Mamluk architecture

Title
The Citadel of Cairo : a new interpretation of Royal Mamluk architecture / by Nasser O. Rabbat.
Author
Rabbat, Nasser O.
Publication
Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

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xx, 339 pages, 32 plates : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
  • This 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the Citadel of Cairo uses indices from maps, photographs, plans of hitherto unstudied structures, and a large array of historical documents to chronologically reconstruct the Citadel's development from its foundation by Salah al-Din until it reached its most monumental form in the middle of the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.
Series Statement
Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 14
Uniform Title
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 14.
Subject
  • Architecture, Mameluke > Cairo
  • Fortification > Cairo
  • Castles > Cairo
  • Citadel (Cairo, Egypt)
  • Cairo (Egypt) > Buildings, structures, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-325) and index.
Contents
1. Whence the Citadel -- 2. The Citadel Today -- 3. The Ayyubid Sultanate Acquires a New Center -- 4. The Early Mamluk Period -- 5. The Citadel under Qalawun and al-Ashraf Khalil -- 6. The Citadel in al-Nasir Muhammad's Reign: First Construction Period (1310-25) -- 7. The Citadel in al-Nasir Muhammad's Reign: Second Construction Period (1333-41) -- 8. The Citadel and the Mamluk System.
ISBN
9004101241 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
95019623
OCLC
  • 32589633
  • ocm32589633
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries