هدم المباني و سقوطها في مصر-عصر سلاطين المماليك 648-923 ه 1250-1517 م

Abstract EN

This study tackles the phenomenon of building demolition, destruction and collapse in the era of the Mamluk Sultans (648 - 923 H / 1250 -1517) as a topic of interest among modern and contemporary scholars with particular reference to motives, types and impact of such demolition acts.

During the Mamluk State, buildings demolition was triggered natural, human political and economic motives.

The natural causes were earthquakes, heavy rain, flooding, while the human-driven motives included construction expansion, reconstruction, punishing a person or a group, encroaching state property or negligence and poor construction.

Politically-based causes involved wars, raids and storms, and conflicts.

Financial drives for demolishing buildings was to look for treasures and wealth among other reasons.

Building destruction and demolition had an impact at both the human and material levels.

The study shed light on such influences and focused mostly on the triggers and motives behind such demolition and destruction acts, providing ample historical instances from contemporary reference books.