Timeline

1249 Louis IX takes Damietta.Death of al-Salih (r. 1240-49).Turan-Shah absent. Shajaral-Durr conceals death.

Feb 1250 Muslims defeat Crusaders atal-Mansura.

Timeline

1250 Turan-Shah arrives in Egypt. Louis IXcaptured, then released in exchange forDamietta.

May 1250 Turan-Shah murdered by theMamluks. Shajar al-Durr elected sultana,reigns for three months, then replaced byAybeg al-Turkumani.

Timeline

1260-77 Reign of al-Zahir Baybars as sultan.

1268 Baybars takes Antioch.

1270 Louis IX dies while crusading inNorth Africa.

1279-90 Reign of al-Mansur Qalawun as sultan.

1289 Qalawun takes Tripoli.

Timeline

1290-93 Reign of al-Ashraf Khalil as sultan.

1291 Khalil takes Acre and mops up mostremaining crusader strongholds on Levantinecoast. Cyprus remains in hands of crusadersuntil 16th century, with occasional crusadeslaunched from there with no success. NoEuropean states on Levantine coast untilcolonial era.

Timeline

1250-1382 BahriMamluk Sultanate.

1382-1517 BurjiMamluk Sultanate.

Word List

bahr (river)

burj (tower)

Timeline

1258 End of ‘Abbasidcaliphate in Baghdad.

1261 Baybars establishes‘Abbasid caliphate inCairo.

1517 Ottomans takepower from Mamluks.

Word List

Sufis (Muslimmystics)

tariqa (Sufigroup)

Ottomans

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Façade of complex of Qalawun (1284). (Ernst J. Grube, The World ofIslam (London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966), p. 107.)

Interior of mausoleum of Qalawun. (Ernst J. Grube, The World ofIslam, p. 107.)

Sultan Hasan Complex, Cairo. 1356-1363. (F)

Sultan Hasan Complex. Plan. (Ernst J. Grube, The World of Islam,p. 108.)

Sultan Hasan Complex. View from the East. (F)

Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. Ablution fountain. Courtyard.(F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. Detail, compared with thedome of the tomb of Hafiz, Shiraz (bt. 1953). (F)

Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. View of qibla wall, main iwan(mosque). (F)

Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. View of the mihrab of theSanctuary iwan (interior). (F)

Minarets of Jerusalem - one of the four from the Haram al-Sharifcompound. 15th c. (F - three slides)

Minbar (summer pulpit) of al-Aqsa Mosque. Jerusalem. 14th c. (F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Interior of the Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 14th c. (F)

Portal of Amir Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 14th c. (F)

Interior gate of the Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 1336. (F)

Entrance portals and muqarnas, Tripoli. (F)

Gate of the Madrasa al-Qartawiyya of Tripoli. 1316-1326. (F)

Entrance to al-Ashrafiyya Madrasa. Jerusalem. 15th c. (F)

Mihrab of mosque, Madrasat al-Firdaws. Aleppo, Syria. 13th c. (F)

Stalactite, Madrasat al-Firdaws; Aleppo, Syria. 13th c. (F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Entrance to cotton vendors’ souk. Jerusalem. (F)

Turba (Tomb) of Turkan Khatun, Jerusalem. (F)

Detail of frieze of turba of Turkan Khatun, Jerusalem. (F)

Sabil of Kayitbay, Jerusalem. Haram al-Sharif, 15th c. (F - 2 slides)

Dome of Mausoleum of Kayitbay (1474). (Robert Hillenbrand,Islamic Art and Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson,1999), p. 142.)

Decorative marble floor coverings. Ablutions courtyard of QaratayMadrasa. Tripoli. (F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Wall tile of enameled ceramic. AD 1430. Damascus. Coat of arms ofthe Mamluk sultan, al-Ashraf Barsbay. (F)

Mamluk Blazons. (Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades, IslamicPerspectives (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1999),p. 227.)

Collection of gold jewels. 13th c. Necklaces. (F)

Collection of gold jewels. 13th c. Necklaces and a ring. (F)

Baptistère St. Louis. Egypt or Syria. c. 1300. 50.2 cm. (F)

Canteen: brass hammered and inlaid with silver and black organicmaterial. Enthroned Madonna. Syria. Mid-13th c. (F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Mamluk Glass Lamp. (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art andArchitecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 156.)

Qur’an illumination. For Sultan Sha‘ban’s madrasa. Cairo. 1376.74 x 51 cm. Ink, gold, and colour on paper. (F)

Miniature of an automaton water dispenser. From a copy of al-Jazari’sKitab fi Ma‘rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Knowledgeof Ingenious Mechanical Devices). From Syria or Egypt. 1315.(F)

Object List

F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Silk tapestry-woven panel. c. 1375-1399. 27 x 107 cm. Qasr Ibrim,Egypt. (F)

Mamluk carpet. Egypt. c. 1500. 1.88 x 1.34 m. (F)

Mamluk Egyptian pile carpet. Early 16th c. (2 x 1.5m). (F)