Browsing MIT Theses by Author "Rabbat, Nasser O. (Nasser Omar)"

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    • The Citadel of Cairo, 1176-1341 : reconstructing architecture from texts 

      Rabbat, Nasser O. (Nasser Omar) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)
      This dissertation reconstructs one of the major works of military and palatial architecture in the Middle Ages, the Citadel of the Mountain (QaI'at aI-Jabal) in Cairo. It traces its development from its inception in 1176 ...