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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Sep 26, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, who ruled Egypt and Syria from about 1250 to 1517. Originally slave soldiers who managed to depose their masters, they went on to repel the Mongols and the Crusaders to become the dominant force in the medieval Islamic Middle Eastern world. Although the Mamluks were renowned as warriors, under their rule art, crafts and architecture blossomed. Little known by many in the West today, the Mamluks remained in power for almost 300 years until they were eventually overthrown by the Ottomans.
With:
Amira Bennison
Reader in the History and Culture of the Maghrib at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College
Robert Irwin
Former Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at SOAS, University of London
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London
Producer: Victoria Brignell.
With:
Amira Bennison
Reader in the History and Culture of the Maghrib at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College
Robert Irwin
Former Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at SOAS, University of London
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Nasser D Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at SOAS, University of London
Producer: Victoria Brignell.
Released:
Sep 26, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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