Noujaim previously served as the United Arab Emirates-based museum’s scientific, curatorial and collections management director ...
A new development project aims to revive the historic complex of Prince Korkomaz in the Mamluk Desert in the capital.
On September 3, 1260, the army of the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate met a Mongol army bent on conquering all of the Middle East. Both sides expected no mercy, but neither could know how the resulting ...
In 1260, the seemingly unstoppable Mongol war machine suffered its first major defeat at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine. Lucas and Luna explore how the Mamluks under Sultan Qutuz and General ...
After the fall of Acre in 1291, the Crusader presence in the Holy Land was extinguished. But how did the Mamluks—a slave-soldier dynasty—achieve what Saladin and the Ayyubids could not? This episode ...
HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Museum of Art will present an exhibit of Mamluk revival metalwork titled "In the Shadow of the Mamluks" from June 13 through Nov. 1. This exhibit is curated from the Touma ...
In 1811, Egypt's new ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha invited the remaining Mamluk beys to a celebration at the Cairo Citadel and then slaughtered them in a narrow passageway. This episode unpacks that brutal ...
In this episode of The History of Jerusalem, Lucas and Luna explore the Mamluk period (1260–1517 CE), a transformative era that reshaped the city's skyline, society, and identity. After the Crusades, ...
AMMAN — Mamluk administration in the region grew out of the Ayyubid one, but both systems reveal a deeper cultural cohesiveness that could serve state interests. For the function(s) of smaller centres ...
Between 1260 and 1400, the Mamluks transformed Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs into an exclusively Islamic sanctuary. Sultan Baibars’ 1266 decree banning Christians and Jews—limiting Jews to the ...
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Mongols vs. Mamluks | The Battle of Ain Jalut
In 1260, the Mongols were at the height of their power. At this moment, a large Mongol army swept into Syria ready to crush the forces of the Mamluk Sultan Qutuz. In defiance, the Mamluk Sultan ...
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