Egypt's Adjustment to Ottoman Rule: Institutions, Waqf and Architecture in Cairo (16th and 17th Centuries)
Leiden, New York, Koln: E. J. Brill, 1994.
Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". xii, 311pp plus 57 plates and fold out map of Cairo. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Faint edgewear to dust jacket, else fine. Bound in bright red cloth cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Very light shelfwear to binding and slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Egypt's Adjustment to Ottoman Rule deals with the impact of the Ottoman conquest of Egypt on its political, religious and social institutions, their transition from the Mamluk to the Ottoman regime and further development up to the 17th century. The relationship between the Ottoman ruling establishment, the local religious groups and the military aristocracy is discussed in the first part of the volume. Waqf documents are a major source for this study which, in the second part, analyzes and compares the endowments of the Ottoman governors and those of the military aristocracy and their respective impact on the urban development and architecture of Cairo in this period. The architecture is documented with 70 photographs and figures. By integrating architecture and urbanism in the historical analysis of the period under study, this book is important for historians and art historians of Egypt. Series: Arab History and Civilization, Volume: 7. (Publisher). Very good + / very good +. Item #17526
ISBN: 9004099271
Price: $125.00