During the past year the Museum's collection of Islamic art has been greatly enriched by several important purchases, gifts, and bequests. The bequest of twenty ceramics and two Persian rugs by Horace Havemeyer has already been discussed in a separate Bulletin article (May I957). One of the most notable additions was the Cora Timken Burnett Bequest of Persian miniatures and other art objects, w...

This article provides a comparison of typical properties the principal features mainand auxiliary verbs and study tense categories moods historical Mamluk-Kipchaklanguage in with modern Kazakh language considering such well-known writtensources Mamluk-Kipchak XIIІ-XV centuries as “Kitab al-Idrak Li-Lisan Al-Atrak”, majmua tirjuman turki ua ajami muguli farsi”, ad-durra al-mudiyya fial-luga”, At...

This article examines the development of theory and practice jihad under Circassian Sultanate in Egypt Syria (1382–1517). The aims to trace key aspects concept reveal peculiarities its perception Mamluk state. highlights an essential characteristic period, i.e. interpretation as farḍ al-‘ayn (the personal duty every Muslim). A fertile ground for this paper was given by studies M. Bonner D. Cook...

ibn nabatah, one of the most popular poets in the mamluk period is compared with his contemporaries. in most issues, language is open to complain in his poems on various subjects, such as life, death, poverty and infectious diseases investigated note this article explains ibn nabatah poverty in food, housing, clothing and supplies, which the compositions and methods tailored to the tragic and s...

The author of this article focuses on the 16th century work “The End Temporary Dynasty and Rise to Power Ottoman Dynasty” by Egyptian historian Ibn Zunbul Al-Rammal (“History” Zunbul) events Ottoman-Mamluk war 1516–1517 described in it. This book is author’s most significant work. It written an artistic style recounts defeat penultimate Mamluk sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri with ruler Selim I subsequen...