Abstract This article focuses on the seven monumental Qur’āns made during reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Shaʿbān II (r. 1363–1378), considered to be masterpieces Mamluk arts book. These are MSS Cairo, Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣriyya Raṣīd 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 54. The aim this study is deepen our knowledge manufacturing system context production these manuscripts through examination paper formats, writin...

After years of painstaking research Dr. Giuseppe Scattolin has at last published his critical edition of Ibn al-Fa≠rid ̋'s D|wa≠n. While Ibn al-Fa≠rid ̋ lived during the Ayyubid period, his verse was a dominant influence on later Arabic poetry composed under the Mamluks. Moreover, his verse and mystical ideas were, at times, sources of contention among factions of ulama during Mamluk rule, while ...