TY  - GEN
AU  - Rabbat,Nasser
TI  - Mamluk history through architecture: monuments, culture and politics in medieval egypt and syria 
T2  - Library of middle east history
SN  - 1845119649 (hardcover)
U1  - 962.02 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New york
PB  - I. B. Tauris
KW  - Architecture, Mameluke
KW  - Egypt
KW  -  Syria
N1  - Includes bibliographical refrences and  index
N2  - The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture.  Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period.  Analyzing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, Mamluk History Through Architecture shows how the buildings mirror the complex -- and historically unique -- military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society.  With this original and authoritative study Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks -- through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture’s artifacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and bey
UR  - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1845119649/chopaconlin
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