Only in recent years have scholars managed to trace their origins - to Cairo, under the reign of the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay (1468–1496), a great patron of the arts. “When carpet studies began ...

Following the battle, Baybars promptly returned to Cairo, had the sultan assassinated and installed himself in power. Under his rule, the Mamluks drove the Mongols out of Syria and took a number of ...

View of the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is to inaugurate the second phase of the ...

In the center is the 500-year-old domed tomb of a Mamluk sultan, Qansouh ... way for a new highway through the Northern Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. In the center is ...

Two Mamluk mosque lamps ... the other recognized as coming from Cairo’s Sultan Hassan Mosque. The return of the lamps appears part of a recent, more active pursuit by Egyptian authorities ...

A tour of Islamic Cairo isn't complete without a visit to ... The 14th century mosque, commissioned by the Mamluk Sultan Hasan Ibn Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun, is known for its grand courtyard.

Al-Maridani, chief of police and married to a daughter of the powerful Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Mohamed, built the mosque in 1338-40 A.D. on al-Darb al-Ahmar street, a thoroughfare connecting Cairo ...