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Cairo of the Mamluks: A History of Architecture and its Culture
Cairo of the Mamluks A History of Architecture and its Culture
Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif
— The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun described Cairo under the Mamluks as "a city beyond imagination". The Mamluk sultans originated as a slave-based caste rose to rule in the mid-13th century. Accordingly, they designed their capital to be the heart of the Muslim world. It became the focus of their enormous patronage of art...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781845115494
ISBN-10: 184511549X
Publication Date: 3/15/2008
Pages: 400
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Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Book Type: Hardcover
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