THE organizes seminar Urban Structures in the Mamluk Era

 

Under the supervision of the Director of the Center, Professor Dr. Alaa Nafeh Jassim, the Center for the Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage at the University of Baghdad organized a seminar on Monday morning, October 14, 2024, at exactly ten o’clock in the morning, in the hall of Professor Nabila Abdel Moneim Daoud, entitled (Urban Structures in the Mamluk Era). The lecture was given by Assistant Professor Dr. Rasha Issa Faris spoke about the most important urban facilities during the Mamluk era, as the country witnessed a great scientific renaissance, as the Mamluk sultans played a role in building many religious, civil and military landmarks, the traces of which still exist. This period was characterized by great interest in the arts of architecture and engineering, and many mosques, schools, cemeteries and khanqahs were built. Among the most prominent Mamluk mosques are the school and mosque of Sultan Qalawun 683-684 / 1284-1285 AD, the Hijazi School, which was established by Mrs. Khoshtar al-Hijaziyya, daughter of Sultan Muhammad Qalawun, the Zahiri School, which was built by King al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunqdari, and the Mu’ayyad School. The researcher touched on the most important khanqahs in Egypt, which are the Khanqah al-Bunduqdariyya, named after Prince Alaa al-Din al-Bunduqdar, the Khanqah of Seriaqos, in addition to many other facilities that played a prominent and effective role in spreading culture and science in a way that serves