Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural StudyBritish School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by the World of Islam Festival Trust, 1987 - Architecture - 623 pages A survey of Mamluk architecture in the Old City of Jerusalem carried out by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (BSAJ), beginning in 1968. It is authored by Michael. Hamilton Burgoyne, with additional historical research by D.S. Richards and published on behalf of the BSAJ by the World of Islam Festival Trust. |
Contents
Note on surveying | 297 |
Note on the historical research | 315 |
MAMLÜK JERUSALEM | 349 |
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Common terms and phrases
ablaq Al-'Umari al-Hadid al-Nazir Almalikiyya Amir arch architectural Ashrafiyya assembly hall Ayyubid Bāb Bab al-Silsila Baladiyya Barquq barrel-vaulted Baybars bays Berchem blocked building built Cairo carved cells century CIA Haram construction corbelling courtyard cross vault Crusader Damascus decorated Defter dirhams dome door doorway earlier east wall eastern endowment entrance portal floor plan founder frontage gate gives access ground floor Haram Haram documents Haram portico Haram wall inscription Is'ardiyya Islamic iwan Jerusalem Khanqah Koran later lintel madrasa Mamluk Manjak marble masonry mihrab minaret moulding Muḥammad Mujīr Mujir al-Din muqarnas north side north wall opening original Ottoman pier plate pointed-arched porch portico Qāḍī qibla re-used recess rectangular Ribat roof Shaykh Sijill south side south wall south-west corner staircase stone storey street façade structure Sultan Sulūk Tankiz Tankiziyya TARIQ BAB tomb chamber turba upper floor vestibule voussoirs waqf waqfiyya west wall western window zawiya