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Cover 1 Half-title page 3 Title page 5 Copyright page 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 Acknowledgments 11 Preface 13 Note on Transliteration 19 Introduction 21 Origins and Identities 24 Book Organization 28 Prologue: A Tale of Two Bīmāristāns 32 A Deep Inquiry: Care and Cure in Late Antiquity 32 The (New) Islamicate Story 41 The Lore of the Bakhtīshūʿs 47 A Tale of Two Cities and Two Bīmāristāns 53 Conclusion 60 part iBuilding a BīmāristānBīmāristāns in the Politico-Architectural Landscape 63 Chapter 1 From Jerusalem to Damascus: The Monumental Bīmāristāns of the Levant 65 The Bīmāristān as a Monument 65 Nūr al-Dīn Zankī and His Bīmāristāns 69 Crusader Hospitals: Friendship, Animosity, and Competition 79 Ṣalāh· al-Dīn and Inheriting the Hospitaller Heritage 88 Conclusion 94 Chapter 2 Reclaiming the Past: The (New) Bimāristāns of Egypt 96 Ṣalāh· al-Dīn’s New Capital: The Makingof Cairo Cityscape 96 Al-Manṣūr Qalāwūn’s Architectural Patronage 109 Building al-Bīmāristān al-Manṣūrī 113 Conclusion 123 Chapter 3 “The Best of Deeds”: Medical Patronage in Mamluk Egypt 126 Qalāwūn as a Patron of Medicine 126 The Waqf Document: The Voice of Place 129 Conclusion 157 Part II Physicians and Patients 1

Author

Ahmed Ragab

Language

EN