AMMAN — Arab and Ottoman ruling elites and dynasties relied for centuries on the class of the slave-warriors called Mamluks, who were ethnically diverse and usually came from the Turkic, Caucasian, ...

This article concerns a Jewish physician and philosopher named Asad (Usayda) al-Yahūdī, who lived in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria during the second half of the 13th century and the first ...

AMMAN — In the Mamluk period, some of the most politically dangerous persons went to Karak Castle, said an American scholar. Karak Castle, a large Crusader castle located in Karak, some 130km south of ...

The Battle of Chaldiran soon led to the region’s other pivotal battle of the era. Having secured his empire’s eastern flank, the Ottoman Sultan Selim I could turn his attention to the southwest, where ...

IN AUGUST 1516, on the plain of Marj Dabik in northern Syria, an Ottoman army smashed the forces of the Mamluk sultan of Cairo. The Turkish victory abruptly ended Cairo's 500-year domination of the ...

The Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) -- Pious patronage -- Motivation and perception of monumental patronage -- The patronage of the civilian elite -- Ceremonial culture -- Treasures, status and style -- ...

Whereas TRANSLAPT’s other sub-projects investigate the role of translation within a particular genre of Ottoman Turkish literature, this sub-project focuses on the role of translation within the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As a result of Ottoman control, much of the trade between Europe and the Middle East passed through Istanbul or Aleppo, decreasing the importance of Egypt, Iraq and ...