Mamluk Palaces and Houses in Cairo studies the types of extant residential buildings in Cairo from the Mamluk era (1250-1517 C.E.) and the factors affecting their design, architectural and decorative elements, and building materials. It provides an archaeological, architectural, historical, and documentary study of all the surviving palaces and houses, focussing on the structural and architectural status of its various parts. The author also discusses its present-day restoration and rehabilitation projects.
In this book, Ghazwan Yaghi presents a variety of empirical material that sheds more light on the social and economic history of the Mamluk era, as well as a glossary of archaeological and documentary terminology that could serve as a tool for further research in Islamic architecture.
Ghazwan Yaghi (Ph.D., Cairo University 2003), former curator of cultural heritage and lecturer at the University of Damascus, is currently affiliated to Leiden University. His most recent book is al-MaÊ¿Älim al-Athariyya lil-Ḥaá¸Ära al-IslÄmiyya fÄ« SÅ«riyya (ISESCO, 2011).
All interested in archaeology, Islamic architecture, and art, Islamic history, history of architecture and urban development, especially those working on the Mamluk Empire and its capital, Cairo.