Mamluk architecture was the architectural style that developed under the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), which ruled over Egypt, the Levant, and the Hijaz...
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The Mamluk Sultanate (Arabic: سلطنة المماليك, romanized: Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled...
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the 13th century Mamluk dynasty (Iraq) in the 18th and 19th centuries Mamluk-Kipchak language Mamluk architecture Mamluk carpets Mamluk playing cards Mameluke...
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Mamluk or Mamaluk (/ˈmæmluːk/; Arabic: مملوك, romanized: mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave")...
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many "neo-Mamluk" buildings of this era. In the 20th century, some Egyptian architects pushed back against dominant Western ideas of architecture. Among...
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Ottoman architecture in Egypt, during the period after the Ottoman conquest in 1517, continued the traditions of earlier Mamluk architecture but was influenced...
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The Burji Mamluks (Arabic: المماليك البرجية, romanized: al-Mamalik al-Burjiya) or Circassian Mamluks (Arabic: المماليك الشركس, romanized: al-Mamalik al-Sharkas)...
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Cairo Citadel (category Mamluk architecture in Egypt)
Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture, and Abdulfattah & Sakr (2012), Glass Mosaics in a Royal Mamluk Hall. For more info on al-Nasir Muhammad's...
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Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan (category Mamluk architecture in Cairo)
Bahri Mamluk period, commissioned by Sultan an-Nasir Hasan. The mosque was considered remarkable for its massive size and innovative architectural components...
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Islamic architecture, the earliest joggles were in the desert castles of the Umayyad Caliphate, such as Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi. In Mamluk architecture, joggling...
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Khan el-Khalili (category Mamluk architecture in Cairo)
historic center of Cairo, Egypt. Established as a center of trade in the Mamluk era and named for one of its several historic caravanserais, the bazaar...
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patronage, Mamluk architecture also appears in other cities of their realm such as Damascus, Jerusalem, Aleppo, and Medina. Mamluk architecture is distinguished...
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Qalawun complex (category Mamluk architecture in Cairo)
widely regarded as one of the major monuments of Islamic Cairo and of Mamluk architecture, notable for the size and scope of its contributions to legal scholarship...
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architecture (750–954) Fatimid architecture (954–1170) Ayyubid architecture (1174–1250) Mamluk architecture (1254–1517) Ottoman architecture (1517–1820) North Africa...
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Great Mosque of Gaza (category Mamluk architecture in the State of Palestine)
square-shaped in its lower half and octagonal in its upper half, typical of Mamluk architectural style. The minaret is constructed of stone from the base to the upper...
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Tripoli, Lebanon (section Mamluk period)
castle in Lebanon. The city has the second highest concentration of Mamluk architecture after Cairo. Tripoli also holds a string of four small islands offshore...
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Old City of Gaza (category Mamluk architecture in the State of Palestine)
south. The Old City of Gaza is renowned for its architectural landmarks, many of which date back to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. The dense urban fabric...
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The following is a list of Mamluk sultans. The Mamluk Sultanate was founded in 1250 by mamluks of the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub and it succeeded the...
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Bahri Mamluks (Arabic: المماليك البحرية, romanized: al-Mamalik al-Baḥariyya), sometimes referred to as the Bahri dynasty, were the rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate...
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Qaitbay (category 15th-century Mamluk sultans)
الأشرف قايتباي; c. 1416/1418 – 7 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H. (1468–1496 C.E.). He was Circassian...
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Mansouri Great Mosque (category Mamluk architecture in Lebanon)
Tripoli, Lebanon. It was built in the Mamluk period, from 1294 to 1298. This was the first building to be erected in Mamluk Tripoli. The Grand Mansouri Mosque...
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Prophet's Mosque (category Mamluk architecture)
847–861) lined the enclosure of Muhammad's tomb with marble. In 1269, the Mamluk sultan Baybars sent dozens of artisans led by the eunuch Emir Jamal al-Din...
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Ablaq (category Mamluk architecture)
harkening to Mamluk architecture in Egypt. Construction with alternating layers of brick and stone was often used in early Ottoman architecture in Anatolia...
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City of the Dead (Cairo) (category Architecture in Egypt)
complex of Sultan Qaytbay, for example, considered a masterpiece of Mamluk architecture, is often described as a "royal suburb", since it included a host...
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Barquq Castle (category Mamluk architecture)
also known as the Yunis al-Nuruzi Caravansari or simply Khan Yunis, was a Mamluk-era fortified caravanserai and mosque, and the eponymous historical monument...
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Citadel of Qaitbay (category Mamluk architecture in Egypt)
Retrieved 3 February 2017. Pradines, Stéphane (2016). "The Mamluk Fortifications of Egypt". Mamluk Studies Review. XIX: 25–78. doi:10.6082/M1XS5SJQ. "Alexandria's...
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The residential architecture in Historic Cairo covers the area that was built during the Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, French occupation and even...
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Qutb Minaret The Mamluk dynasty (lit. 'Slave dynasty'), or the Mamluk Sultanate, is the historiographical name or umbrella term used to refer to the three...
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Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay (category Mamluk architecture in Egypt)
The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay is an architectural complex built by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo's Northern Cemetery. It was built...
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Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya (category Mamluk architecture in the State of Palestine)
original structure still stands today, it is a notable example of royal Mamluk architecture in Jerusalem. A first madrasa on the same site as the Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya...
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