(Amīr Silāḥ during the Mamlūk Period in Egypt and his Artistic and Architectural Works (648-923A.H/1250-1517A.D)

Abstract

Amīr Silāḥ, grand master of the armour, it consists of two terms which are amīr that is used as a name of a post or referring to an order or rank or a honorary title as it was appeared with these designations in monumental inscriptions upon the Arab monuments. While the other term is silāḥ, weapon, which is a fighting instrument and it is masculine which can be feminized. It is a military administrative post which was famous in the Islamic nations of Turkish character . al-Silāḥdār or al-silaḥdar is a name of a post which was famous during islamic states with a Turkish character. It consists of two terms which silāḥ or armour and dār which is a Persian word means the holder; it is called for the person who holds a weapon that is specialized for war and it belonged to the sultan. The Ottoman Turks retained the same title under its Persian form silāḥ-dār. The silāḥ-dār-aġā was the chief official in the Sulṭān‟s chamber.