Volume II: The Art of the Mamluks. The Mamluks were members of a ruling warrior caste prominent Egypt between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, a period of enourmous artistic changes all over the Mediterranean. This volume. the work of leading experts in the field of Mamluk art, is the first attempt to present the artistic creativity of a single area in a single period in the Muslim world. These articles examine in turn Mamluk court life, Cairo's area and population in Mamluk times, urbanization and monument construction in Mamluk Cairo, residential architecture, the Haram documents, Mamluk astronomy, the decline of the Mamluk metalwork industry, Mamluk pottery, textiles, calligraphy, and painting.