Impact of economic, political, and social changes on architectural and artistic production during the Mamluk period in Cairo (648-923/1250-1517)

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1 Tourist Guidance Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Suez Canal University

2 Professor of Islamic archaeology -Faculty of Antiques -Cairo university

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Political,economic and social changes affected architectural and artistic production.In other words, the impact of the economy, whether in periods of prosperity or hardship, on the building and construction movement in the Mamluk era.This affected the sizes of buildings, the number of their rooms, their functions,and their founding texts, which shows us whether this facility was established at a time of economic crises or not.The opening of the facility took place after the occurrence or end of the crisis and the endowments that were made for it.Did the economic conditions really affect the building or construction movement, or were the Mamluk sultans and princes not affected by this and did what they wanted?The Mamluks built various types of buildings, religious, civil, and military.It is noteworthy that the Mamluk sultans’ love of perpetuating their memory through architectural facilities is what prompted them to compete in construction and building. In terms of religious buildings, mosques were established for worship, schools for education, and khanqahs for Sufis.In the field of civil buildings, fountains were built and above them were katubes, bimaristans were built to treat the sick, and agencies,khans, markets, and palaces were built. Perhaps the Mamluk sultans and princes established these facilities as a clear message to express their great economic potential, or with the intention of architectural competition among themselves, and perhaps to satisfy their hobbies and fulfill their desires, and it still continues. These traces remain in the plans, streets and alleys of Cairo.

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