City of Jerusalem: Historical Reading of the Civilizational and Administrative Aspects of the Mamluk Era

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the civilized aspects of the city of Jerusalem during the Mamluk era. In this study, we will talk about the city of Jerusalem during the Mamluk era, as this city has met the sanctities of the three monotheistic religions, which made it the focus of attention of many writers and historians, as well as it had Its special place among intellectuals of that time, It also had many lovers, mainly after Jerusalem was occupied from the arms of the Islamic State. Besides the deteriorating conditions of the Islamic community in the Levant and Maghreb as a result of the Mughal takeover of Transoxiana, Iraq, and Iran, and the recovery movement launched by the Crusader forces against the Muslims of Andalusia, which Many scholars encouraged emigration and settlement as one of the prosperous Arab and Islamic cities in the era of the Mamluk sultans.

Keywords: Historical Reading, Jerusalem, Muslims, Crusader