equestrian… Escaping the Massacre 18 Feb 202415 Nov 2024 The Mamluke who escaped the Citadel's massacre fueled the imagination of artists, novelists, historians, as well as my curiosity. On Friday, 1st of March 1811, Mohamed Ali Pasha, viceroy of…
equestrian… Equestrian Traditions in Upper Egypt: al-Mirmah 30 Apr 20236 May 2025 At the Swiss Institute of Archaeology in Zamalek, I delivered a lecture on one of the equestrian traditions of Upper Egypt known as al-Mirmah to members of the Friends of…
Arabian horse… Qualities of The Arabian Horse in Arabic Manuscripts (Part I) 2 Jul 202119 Apr 2025 “Don't let the beauty of a horse fool you, my exalted sultan... fine looks do not indicate a sound character”, he said. One day Salahuddin summoned his courtiers, dignitaries of…
Arabian horse… Arabic Manuscripts on Furusiyya and Veterinary Science 4 Jun 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published in Arabisches Pferd In The Focus. “History is an art… and worthy of being considered a branch of wisdom”said Ibn Khaldoun, the medieval historian and…
Horse History… Equine Veterinary Knowledge in the Islamic World 7 May 202115 Nov 2024 This article was published in Al-Tibb, Healing Traditions in Islamic Medical Manuscripts, a catalogue published by ISLAMIC ARTS MUSEUM MALAYSIA. In the 12th and 13th centuries AD, Egypt had its…
equestrian… Anatomy of The Horse in the 15th Century 5 Mar 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published on MuslimHeritage.com on June 5th, 2009. The version published hereafter was revised and augmented with a section of references on veterinary medicine and hippiatrics in…
The Horse in Word and Picture 