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Ayyubid Dynasty architecture (1171 - 1341) — in the Near East and Northern Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Military architecture was the supreme expression of the Ayyubid period. The most radical change Saladin implemented in Egypt was enclosing Cairo and Fustat within a single city wall. [ 51 ] Some fortification techniques were learned from the Crusaders, such as curtain walls following the natural topography.
The residential architecture in Historic Cairo covers the area that was built during the Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, French occupation and even Mohamed Ali periods. [1] Historic Cairo covers an area of around 523.66 ha on the eastern bank of the Nile river and is surrounded by the modern quarters of Greater Cairo.
The ornate mihrab is faced with a polychrome marble mosaic composition with interlacing patterns, with another semi-circular above this. This is an important example of mihrab design from the Ayyubid period and illustrates the techniques that were influential in later Mamluk architectural decoration. [12] [17] [18] The minbar stands next to the ...
The Ayyubids were not the first to build a palace on the citadel. Today, numerous architectural details remain from the Ayyubid period, including an entrance portal with muqarnas, or honeycomb vaulting, and a courtyard on the four-iwan layout, with tiling. [26] Laid out in traditional medieval Islamic style, the palace hammam has three sections ...
Military architecture was the supreme expression of the Ayyubid period, as well as an eagerness to fortify the restoration of Sunni Islam, especially in a previously Shia-dominated Egypt by constructing Sunni madrasas. The most radical change Saladin implemented in Egypt was the enclosure of Cairo and al-Fustat within one city wall. [145]
The domed Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub, overlooking al-Muizz street today. The Salihiyya Madrasa (or Madrasa as-Salihiyya), also called the Madrasa and Mausoleum of as-Salih Najm ad-Din Ayyub (Arabic: مدرسة وقبة الصالح نجم الدين أيوب, romanized: Madrasa wa Qubbat as-Salih Nagm ad-Din Ayyub) is a historic madrasa and mausoleum complex in Cairo, Egypt.
The Cairo Citadel Aqueduct or Mamluk Aqueduct (Arabic: سور مجرى العيون, romanized: sūr magra al-ʿayyūn) [1] is a medieval aqueduct system in Cairo, Egypt.It was first conceived and built during the Ayyubid period (under Salah ad-Din and his successors) but was later reworked by several Mamluk sultans to expand the provision of water to the Citadel of Cairo.