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The history of the city of Tripoli (Lebanon) extends for 3500 years. Nevertheless, a significant landmark event when the Mameluke conquest (688 H/1289 BCE) ended a long Crusade Era. This study presents reviews of major historiographical and decorative inscriptions on Mameluke monuments in Tripoli. In this regard, inscriptions passed through two developmental phases: The first phase encompasses the period following the Mameluke conquest and the foundation of the new city of Tripoli under the influence of possible Crusade counter-attacks. For this, monumental characteristics were dominated by simplicity of decorative inscriptions that were mostly used for commemorative and documentary purposes. The second phase occurred in a period of stability, urban expansion, and population growth. Flourishing innovative art lines casted significant impressions as in the variety of writing types and styles, developed stone, marble, or wood engravings saturated with decorations, ornaments, and drawings. These inscriptions contained a variety of contents and had several uses. They were often found on mosques, madrassas, graves, and palaces and their count exceeded more than one hundred. However, only 70 inscriptions do exist at present along with a little more than 20 Mameluke mottos (ranks) . A selection of these inscriptions will be presented in this study along with many of their characteristics including writing styles, purpose and content of these inscriptions, and some model mottos decorating Mameluke monuments. (Please note that this article is in Arabic)
Abgadyat – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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