1249 Louis IX takes Damietta. Death of al-Salih (r. 1240-49). Timeline 1249 Louis IX takes Damietta. Death of al-Salih (r. 1240-49). Turan-Shah absent. Shajar al-Durr conceals death. Feb 1250 Muslims defeat Crusaders at al-Mansura. Map Link: Louis IX in Egypt: <http://domin.dom.edu/faculty/dperry/hist267crusade/calendar/ 13thcentury/louis/images/map-louis.jpg>

1250 Turan-Shah arrives in Egypt. Louis IX Timeline 1250 Turan-Shah arrives in Egypt. Louis IX captured, then released in exchange for Damietta. May 1250 Turan-Shah murdered by the Mamluks. Shajar al-Durr elected sultana, reigns for three months, then replaced by Aybeg al-Turkumani. Map Link: The Mamluk Takeover: <http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-East-Encyclopedia/ mameluke_empire_map.jpg>

Timeline 1260-77 Reign of al-Zahir Baybars as sultan. 1268 Baybars takes Antioch. 1270 Louis IX dies while crusading in North Africa. 1279-90 Reign of al-Mansur Qalawun as sultan. 1289 Qalawun takes Tripoli.

Timeline 1290-93 Reign of al-Ashraf Khalil as sultan. 1291 Khalil takes Acre and mops up most remaining crusader strongholds on Levantine coast. Cyprus remains in hands of crusaders until 16th century, with occasional crusades launched from there with no success. No European states on Levantine coast until colonial era.

Word List Timeline bahr (river) burj (tower) 1250-1382 Bahri Mamluk Sultanate. 1382-1517 Burji Map Link: The Mamluk Sultanate (after the conquests): <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NfsdvUxYGkI/SlYDtsdM_FI/AAAAAA AANgE/A4kTQM7MgAg/s400/Mamluks.JPG>.

Word List Timeline Sufis (Muslim mystics) tariqa (Sufi group) Ottomans 1258 End of ‘Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad. 1261 Baybars establishes ‘Abbasid caliphate in Cairo. 1517 Ottomans take power from Mamluks.

Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Façade of complex of Qalawun (1284). (Ernst J. Grube, The World of Islam (London: Paul Hamlyn, 1966), p. 107.) Floor plan of complex of Qalawun. (A) Complex of Qalawun. Main iwan, madrasa courtyard. (A) Complex of Qalawun. Interior view, prayer iwan of madrasa. (A) Complex of Qalawun. View of mashrabiyya screens around the cenotaph. (A) Interior of mausoleum of Qalawun. (Ernst J. Grube, The World of Islam, p. 107.) Complex of Qalawun. Detail view of the ceiling showing coffered design. (A)

Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet Complex of Qalawun. Interior detail showing gilt inscription panels and capitals, and panels of marble and mosaic inlay. (A) Complex of Qalawun. Views of the mihrab, decorated with polychrome stones, mosaic inlay, and columns with lyre-shaped capitals (A) Complex of Qalawun. Exterior view of the mausoleum. (A) Sultan Hasan Complex, Cairo. 1356-1363. (F) Sultan Hasan Complex. Plan. (Ernst J. Grube, The World of Islam, p. 108.) Sultan Hasan Complex. View from the East. (F) Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. Ablution fountain. Courtyard. (F)

Object List Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. Detail, compared with the dome of the tomb of Hafiz, Shiraz (bt. 1953). (F) Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. View of qibla wall, main iwan (mosque). (F) Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo. 1356-1363. View of the mihrab of the Sanctuary iwan (interior). (F) Minarets of Jerusalem - one of the four from the Haram al-Sharif compound. 15th c. (F - three slides) Minbar (summer pulpit) of al-Aqsa Mosque. Jerusalem. 14th c. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Interior of the Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 14th c. (F) Portal of Amir Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 14th c. (F) Interior gate of the Taynal Mosque of Tripoli. 1336. (F) Entrance portals and muqarnas, Tripoli. (F) Gate of the Madrasa al-Qartawiyya of Tripoli. 1316-1326. (F) Entrance to al-Ashrafiyya Madrasa. Jerusalem. 15th c. (F) Mihrab of mosque, Madrasat al-Firdaws. Aleppo, Syria. 13th c. (F) Stalactite, Madrasat al-Firdaws; Aleppo, Syria. 13th c. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Entrance to cotton vendors’ souk. Jerusalem. (F) Turba (Tomb) of Turkan Khatun, Jerusalem. (F) Detail of frieze of turba of Turkan Khatun, Jerusalem. (F) Sabil of Kayitbay, Jerusalem. Haram al-Sharif, 15th c. (F - 2 slides) Dome of Mausoleum of Kayitbay (1474). (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 142.) Decorative marble floor coverings. Ablutions courtyard of Qaratay Madrasa. Tripoli. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Wall tile of enameled ceramic. AD 1430. Damascus. Coat of arms of the Mamluk sultan, al-Ashraf Barsbay. (F) Mamluk Blazons. (Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades, Islamic Perspectives (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1999), p. 227.) Baybars’ Bridge, Lod (Lydda), Israel (bt. 1273). (Wikimedia Commons: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Baibars_bridge_Lod_Israel.jpg>.) Baybars’ Bridge, Lod (Lydda), Israel (bt. 1273); close-up of relief. (Wikimedia Commons: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:BaibarsBridge22a.JPG>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Dinar of Baybars, 1268. (British Museum: <http://www.britishmuseum.org/>.) Collection of gold jewels. 13th c. Necklaces. (F) Collection of gold jewels. 13th c. Necklaces and a ring. (F) Baptistère St. Louis. Egypt or Syria. c. 1300. 50.2 cm. (F) Canteen: brass hammered and inlaid with silver and black organic material. Enthroned Madonna. Syria. Mid-13th c. (F) Mamluk Glass Lamp. (Robert Hillenbrand, Islamic Art and Architecture (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999), p. 156.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Mosque Lamps, Syria or Egypt, 13th-14th c. (Niall Christie, Private Collection: <http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/HIST2252slides/ mosquelamps.jpg>.) Bottle with polo players, Egypt or Syria, c. 1300. Glass with enamel and gold paint. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 83.) and gold paint. (Niall Christie, Private Collection: <http:// www3.telus.net/nchristi/HIST2252slides/poloriderbottle1.jpg>.) www3.telus.net/nchristi/HIST2252slides/poloriderbottle2.jpg>.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Qur’an illumination. For Sultan Sha‘ban’s madrasa. Cairo. 1376. 74 x 51 cm. Ink, gold, and colour on paper. (F) Miniature of an automaton water dispenser. From a copy of al-Jazari’s Kitab fi Ma‘rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). From Syria or Egypt. 1315. (F) Silk tapestry-woven panel. c. 1375-1399. 27 x 107 cm. Qasr Ibrim, Egypt. (F) Mamluk carpet. Egypt. c. 1500. 1.88 x 1.34 m. (F) F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List Mamluk Egyptian pile carpet. Early 16th c. (2 x 1.5m). (F) Shadow-play figure, Egypt, 15th c. (Volkmar Enderlein et al., Museum für Islamische Kunst (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 2001), p. 85.) F = Ferret, A = Archnet