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Masjid al-Sultan Hasan - <p>The fifteenth and sixteenth lessons in a 22 lesson course on Monuments of Islamic Architecture developed by Professors Gulru Necipoglu and David Roxburgh at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Th lessons explores the ways in which the Mamluks inscribed their political power and presence on the urban landscape of Cairo. </p><p></p><p></p><ul><li>How did they transform the monumental topography of Cairo? </li></ul><ul><li>On which parts of the city was Mamluk patronage activity focused?</li></ul><ul><li>We will learn about architectural innovations in Cairo through one main case study, the construction of the Sultan Hasan complex. </li></ul><ul><li>How did the waqf system become a tool for the Mamluk elite to display their piety to the public and also to protect their wealth.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><div><br></div><p></p>

Type

presentation slides

Year

2019

The fifteenth and sixteenth lessons in a 22 lesson course on Monuments of Islamic Architecture developed by Professors Gulru Necipoglu and David Roxburgh at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Th lessons explores the ways in which the Mamluks inscribed their political power and presence on the urban landscape of Cairo.

How did they transform the monumental topography of Cairo?

On which parts of the city was Mamluk patronage activity focused?

We will learn about architectural innovations in Cairo through one main case study, the construction of the Sultan Hasan complex.

How did the waqf system become a tool for the Mamluk elite to display their piety to the public and also to protect their wealth.

Necipoglu, Gulru and David Roxburgh. “The Madrasa-Mosque Complex of Sultan Hasan and the Mamluk System of Charitable Endowments.” Lesson 15-16/22 presentation developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2019.

Masjid al-Sultan Hasan

David Roxburgh

Gülru Necipoğlu

Monuments of Islamic Architecture

Harvard University

Egypt

English

educational

religious

architectural history

Islamic architecture

Syllabus: Monuments of Islamic Architecture

Masjid al-Sultan Hasan - <p>The fifteenth and sixteenth lessons in a 22 lesson course on Monuments of Islamic Architecture developed by Professors Gulru Necipoglu and David Roxburgh at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Th lessons explores the ways in which the Mamluks inscribed their political power and presence on the urban landscape of Cairo. </p><p></p><p></p><ul><li>How did they transform the monumental topography of Cairo? </li></ul><ul><li>On which parts of the city was Mamluk patronage activity focused?</li></ul><ul><li>We will learn about architectural innovations in Cairo through one main case study, the construction of the Sultan Hasan complex. </li></ul><ul><li>How did the waqf system become a tool for the Mamluk elite to display their piety to the public and also to protect their wealth.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><div><br></div><p></p>

Type

presentation slides

Year

2019

The fifteenth and sixteenth lessons in a 22 lesson course on Monuments of Islamic Architecture developed by Professors Gulru Necipoglu and David Roxburgh at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Th lessons explores the ways in which the Mamluks inscribed their political power and presence on the urban landscape of Cairo.

How did they transform the monumental topography of Cairo?

On which parts of the city was Mamluk patronage activity focused?

We will learn about architectural innovations in Cairo through one main case study, the construction of the Sultan Hasan complex.

How did the waqf system become a tool for the Mamluk elite to display their piety to the public and also to protect their wealth.

Necipoglu, Gulru and David Roxburgh. “The Madrasa-Mosque Complex of Sultan Hasan and the Mamluk System of Charitable Endowments.” Lesson 15-16/22 presentation developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2019.

Masjid al-Sultan Hasan

David Roxburgh

Gülru Necipoğlu

Monuments of Islamic Architecture

Harvard University

Egypt

English

educational

religious

architectural history

Islamic architecture

Syllabus: Monuments of Islamic Architecture