: I.B. Tauris ;New York :In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,
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, 2007.
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xix, 359 p.
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: , ill. (chiefly col.), maps
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The Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) -- Pious patronage -- Motivation and perception of monumental patronage -- The patronage of the civilian elite -- Ceremonial culture -- Treasures, status and style -- Construction : organization and cost -- The growth of the Metropolis -- The Metropolitan architectural style -- The evolution of Mamluk architecture in Cairo -- The successors of the Ayyubids -- The reign of al-Zahir Baybars -- From al-Mansur Qalawun to al-Nasir Muhammad -- The early period of al-Nasir Muhammad's reign -- Al-Nasir Muhammad's Third Reign and after -- The reign of al-Nasir Hasan and after -- The reign of al-Nasir Faraj Ibn Barquq -- The reign of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh -- The reign of al-Ashraf Barsbay -- The reign of al-Zahir Jaqmaq -- The reign of al-Ashraf Inal -- The reign of al-Ashraf Qaytbay -- The reign of al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.