Main entry:

Raphael, Kate.

Title & Author:

Muslim fortresses in the Levant : between crusaders and Mongols / Kate Raphael.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Description:

xvi, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Culture and civilization in the Middle East ; 23

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ayyubid fortresses in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries: -- Muslims' apprenticeship -- Mongolian siege warfare and the defense of Mamluk fortresses -- Laying the foundations : fortification work conducted during the reign of Baybars (1260-1277), Qalawun (1280-1290) and al-Ashraf Khalil (1290-1293) -- Mamluk power on display : fortifications in the second half of the thirteenth century -- Military architecture versus political and military organization.
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ISBN:

9780415569255 (hardback)
0415569257 (hardback)
9780203845165 (ebook)
0203845161 (ebook)

Subject:

Fortification Egypt History To 1500.
Military architecture Egypt History To 1500.
Siege warfare Egypt History To 1500.
Architecture, Ayyubid Egypt.
Architecture, Mameluke Egypt.
Architecture ayyūbide Égypte.
Architecture mamelouk.
Architecture, Ayyubid.
Architecture, Mameluke.
Fortification.
Military architecture.
Siege warfare.
Festung Islam Levante.
Islam Festung Levante.
Fortification Middle East History To 1500.
Military architecture Middle East History To 1500.
Siege warfare Middle East History To 1500.
Architecture, Ayyubid Middle East.
Architecture, Mameluke Middle East.
Egypt History, Military To 1500.
Egypt.
Middle East History, Military To 1500.

Form/genre:

History.
Military history.

Added entries:

Culture and civilisation in the Middle East.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272510
Call No.: BIB 205871
Status: Available