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This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period.

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Table of Contents


List of Illustrations and Plates

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations and Short References

Introduction

Space, Authority and the Past in Mamluk Damascus: Re-Forming a Provincial Capital

Re-Shaping the Holy: Tankiz's Patronage in Jerusalem and Hebron

Color Plates

Building Periphery: Commissions in the Bilad al-Sham

Patterns of Patronage in Mamluk Syria: The Case of Tankiz

Bibliography

Index


Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria

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      Publisher: University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center
      Publication Date: 31/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9780970819949, 978-0970819949
      ISBN10: 0970819943

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period.

      Trade Review




      Table of Contents


      List of Illustrations and Plates

      Acknowledgments

      List of Abbreviations and Short References

      Introduction

      Space, Authority and the Past in Mamluk Damascus: Re-Forming a Provincial Capital

      Re-Shaping the Holy: Tankiz's Patronage in Jerusalem and Hebron

      Color Plates

      Building Periphery: Commissions in the Bilad al-Sham

      Patterns of Patronage in Mamluk Syria: The Case of Tankiz

      Bibliography

      Index


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