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Mamluk Art: The Splendour and Magic of the Sultans
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MAMLUK ART THE SPLENDOUR AND MAGIC OF THE SULTANS By Salah El Bahnasi published by Museum with no Frontiers ISBN 1 874044 37 6 price L14.95 paperback
From slaves to sultans, the history of the Mamluks comprises palace uprisings and bloody intrigues, but also a visionary organisation, an iron discipline and impressive commercial expansion. The Mamluk era in Egypt led to Islamic supremacy in the Mediterranean at levels of splendour never seen before or equalled since. Mamluk sultans used architecture as a power-legitimising weapon, a demonstration of strength. This explains the monumental ...
