The ceremonial helmet of Sultan al-Ashraf Kansu al-Ghuri, the last sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate, is now on display at the Diyarbakır Museum. Diyarbakır held a strategic position during the time of ...

AMMAN — Arab and Ottoman ruling elites and dynasties relied for centuries on the class of the slave-warriors called Mamluks, who were ethnically diverse and usually came from the Turkic, Caucasian, ...

Between 1260 and 1400, the Mamluks transformed Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs into an exclusively Islamic sanctuary. Sultan Baibars’ 1266 decree banning Christians and Jews—limiting Jews to the ...

AMMAN — In the Mamluk period, some of the most politically dangerous persons went to Karak Castle, said an American scholar. Karak Castle, a large Crusader castle located in Karak, some 130km south of ...

Whereas TRANSLAPT’s other sub-projects investigate the role of translation within a particular genre of Ottoman Turkish literature, this sub-project focuses on the role of translation within the ...

Persian carpets are renowned around the world for their quality and intricate designs. However, they are not the only antique carpets from the Middle East that became famous for their exceptional ...