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al-Dumluwa

 

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Ta‘izz

 

Architecture

al-Ashrafiyya Mosque in Ta‘izz
Source: http://www.startimes.com/f.aspx?t=27764821

 

Ashrafiyya Mosque in Ta‘izz

Source: http://mosnad.com/images-talk.php?id=269

Astronomy

Astrolabe of al-Malik al-Ashraf ‘Umar ibn Yūsuf ibn ‘Umar
Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/91.1.535a-h/

 

al-Dumluwa

Treasure Fortress of al-Dumluwa
Photograph by Daniel Martin Varisco

Images

Two images of horsemen, one with two swords and the other with a lance and shield from the Mamluk treatise of Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsā ibn Ismā‘īl al-Ḥanafī Aqṣarā’ī, Nihāyat al-su’l wa-al-umnīyah fī ta‘allum a‘māl al-furūsīyah, Chester Beatty Library, 773/1366

Objects

Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muẓaffar Shams al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn 'Umar
Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/91.1.540/

 

 

Mamluk Bowl commissioned by the Rasulid rulers of Yemen (1228–1454)
and created by artisans in Syria
Source: https://www.freersackler.si.edu/friday-fave-syrian-glass-bowl/

Bottle made for al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dāwūd between 1296 and 1321
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/bottle-made-rasulid-sultan-hizabr-al-din-yemen-63147

Rasulid candlestick, 14th century, Christies Auction, 2015

 

Ta‘izz

al-Qāhira Fortress above Ta‘izz

 

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