Jumeirah Mosque is humble at first glance ... from two Islamic architectural styles – Fatimid and Egyptian Mamluk. Some of the characterisations of Fatimid architecture, a movement developed ...

Our field surveys have yielded substantial evidence for Mamluk presence in the Jabel Qurma region, in the form of camp sites, ...

Mamluk and Ottoman architectural styles, representing three different Islamic dynasties. Although it's not Abu Dhabi's oldest attraction, those who have visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque say ...

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Ajloun Castle was built in 12th century and is situated in the north-western part of Jordan (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Iqlim Fahl was one of the many districts that constituted the extensive ...

In 1966 the Syrian governments Ministry of Endowments solicited plans for a building to replace a 14thcentury Mamluk mosque in Martyrs Square in the center of Damascus A young architect proposed a ...

In 1347 slave traders from the Black Sea brought with them something far deadlier than a cargo of future Mamluk warriors: the Black Death. Plague infested the whole of the known world, but nowhere ...