Tree of Pearls

Tree of Pearls

The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar al-Durr

Ruggles, D. Fairchild

Oxford University Press Inc

06/2020

204

Dura

Inglês

9780190873202

15 a 20 dias

492

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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Dates and Transliterations

Chapter 1: Who Was "Tree of Pearls"

Chapter 2: Sultans and Slaves: Salih's Rise to Power

Chapter 3: The Streets of Cairo and the Salihiyya Madrasa

Chapter 4: Crisis in Cairo: From Sultan to Sultan-Queen

Chapter 5: Commemorative Architecture and Salih's "Blessed Mausoleum"

Chapter 6: "If You Lack Men": the Shajar al-Durr's Abdication and Tomb

Chapter 7: Matronage

Appendix: Recipe for Umm 'Ali
Bibliography
Index