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2002

Arts and Humanities

American University in Cairo

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Mamluk Female Patronage, Nanis Nabil Hanna Jun 2002

Mamluk Female Patronage, Nanis Nabil Hanna

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This thesis is discussing the topic of Mamliik Female Patronage in Egypt and how it differed from its contemporaries in Jerusalem, Seljuq Anatolia, and Timurid Iran. This subject, however, has not attracted the attention of many scholars, probably, because the information provided by the chronicles and biographers oqhe Mamliik period is scattered and incidental. This is also related to the age-long assumption that women had neither the economic resources nor the legal standing to commission works of art or buildings. The scholars who approached this topic were dealing with the subject from an architectural point of view and not in …


Maqrizi And His Khitat: A Verification Of The Section On Dars, Hanan Ahmed Shams El-Din Feb 2002

Maqrizi And His Khitat: A Verification Of The Section On Dars, Hanan Ahmed Shams El-Din

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