Located in the east of the Main Mosque of Aleppo, Syria Continue reading Khān al-Sabūn (Aleppo)
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Azdamur al-Ẓāhirī (d. 899/1493)
Emblem description: Upper field with a buqja, central with a cup charged with a pen-box and an axe between a pair of horns, lower field with a cup.
Known emblem:
- On a khan al-Sabūn (Aleppo)
- On the khan Qurtbak (Aleppo)
Bibliography: Meinecke, Zur mamlukischen Heraldik, p. 269
Bronze revetment of the Main Mosque’s North Gate (Damascus)
Located on the North Gate of the Main Mosque, Damascus. Continue reading Bronze revetment of the Main Mosque’s North Gate (Damascus)
Facade of a ruined house (Aleppo)
Located in the 1930’s in the Djoub Esadallah Street, opposite to Dar Shibani, Aleppo. Continue reading Facade of a ruined house (Aleppo)
Wooden panels for Qumārī
Conserved in the 1930’s at the National Museum of Arab Art, Cairo. Continue reading Wooden panels for Qumārī
Candlestick for Ṣalāḥ al-dīn b. Samrī
Conserved in the 1930’s at the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Continue reading Candlestick for Ṣalāḥ al-dīn b. Samrī
Glass globe for Ṣirghitmish
Conserved in the 1930’s at the National Museum of Arab Art, Cairo. Continue reading Glass globe for Ṣirghitmish
Madrasa of Khushqadam (Cairo)
Located on Sharia Darb al-Hosr, close to Ibn Tulun’s mosque, Cairo. Continue reading Madrasa of Khushqadam (Cairo)
Lunch-box for Khushqadam (V&A)
Conserved at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Continue reading Lunch-box for Khushqadam (V&A)
Slab of limestone (‘Ajlūn)
In the small medieval town of Qal’at al-Rabaḍ, on the road leading to the castle of ‘Ajlūn. Continue reading Slab of limestone (‘Ajlūn)
Basin for Muḥammad al-Malaṭī
Present location unknown. Continue reading Basin for Muḥammad al-Malaṭī
Vase for Mūsā b. Yaghmūr
Present location unknown. Continue reading Vase for Mūsā b. Yaghmūr
Page of a manuscript (Saint-Petersburg)
Conserved in the 1930’s at the Asiatic Museum, Saint-Petersburg. Continue reading Page of a manuscript (Saint-Petersburg)
Aynāl al-Ashrafī (d. 897/1491-2)
Emblem description: Upper field with a buqja, central field with a cup charged with a pen-box between a pair of horns, lower field with a cup between two buqja-s
Known emblem:
- A decree in the main mosque (Hama)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 89-90
Qānṣūh al-Yaḥyāwī (d. 902/1497)
Emblem description: Upper field with a buqja, central field with a cup between a vertical pen-box and a horn (?), lower field with a cup
Known emblems:
- A public fountain (Aleppo)
- A public fountain (Damascus)
- A facade of a ruined house (Aleppo)
Bibliography: Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry, 1933, p. 180-183