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7. Architecture in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia under the Circassian Mamluks (1389–1517)
Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
Description: The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
After the death of Sultan Hasan in 1361, the supply of al-Nasir Muhammad’s sons was exhausted, so one of his grandsons, al-Mansur Muhammad, was enthroned, continuing the old pattern of a series of brief reigns by epigons of Qala’un manipulated by strong Mamluk amirs. Even this system collapsed by the 1380s when intense strife within the Mamluk corps...
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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, 1994
Related print edition pages: pp.85-96
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.011
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15666
Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--EgyptArchitecture, MamelukeIslamic religious educationMosquesEndowments

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7. Architecture in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia under the Circassian Mamluks (1389–1517)