Imperial Ideology and Architecture

Ghazwan Yaghi (Ph.D.) is a former curator of cultural heritage and lecturer at the University of Damascus and a senior researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His latest book is Mamluk Palaces and Houses in Cairo: An Archaeological and Civilizational Study (Brill 2021).

• AcknowledgmentsFiguresIntroduction1 The Architectural Complex of the amīr Khalīl al-Tawrīzī1 Location, Construction History, and Financing2 The Complex’s Unique Architectural Style3 An Architectural Description of the Various Parts of the al-Tawrīzī Complex2 Mapping the Relationship between Architecture and Political Ideology1 The Effect of the System of Religious Endowments (waqf) on the Architecture and Continuity of the al-Tawrīzī Complex2 The al-Tawrīzī Endowment (waqf), a Study of Form and Content3 Political Symbolism in Mamlūk Architecture and Manifestations of Imperial Ideology in the Architectural Complex of Khalīl al-TawrīzīConclusionAppendix 1: The Text of the Endowment Inscription of the amīr Khalīl al-Tawrīzī, Issued on 15th Rajab 826/23 June 1423Appendix 2: The Arabic Text of the Endowment Inscription of the amīr Khalīl al-Tawrīzī, Issued on 15th Rajab 826/23 June 1423BibliographyIndex