Photograph of Dr Mahmoud Hawari

Position:

KRC Research Associate

Faculty / College Address:

The Khalili Research Centre

3 St John Street

Oxford

OX1 2LG

Tel. 01865 278196

Email:

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Main Areas of Research:

'The Citadel of Jerusalem: a Comprehensive Archaeological and Architectural Study' (in preparation for publication)

'C N Johns' Excavations at the Citadel of Jerusalem 1934-1947' (to be published in a monograph)

'Ayyubid Monuments', in Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld (eds.), Ayyubid Jerusalem, The Holy City in Context 1187-1250, al-Tajir World of Islam, London (in press)

Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman architecture

Crusader and medieval Islamic military architecture in the Levant

Islamic ceramics, particularly oil lamps

The transition from late Byzantine to early Islamic material culture in the Levant

Recent Publications:

Ayyubid Jerusalem (1187-1250): an Architectural and Archaeological Study, (BAR International Series 1628, Archaeopress), Oxford 2007. ISBN 978-1407300429. Purchase via www.archaeopress.com

(with Michael Burgoyne) Bayt al-Hawwari, a hawsh House in Sabastia, Levant 37 (2005), 57-80

Palestinian Authority: Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism, Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza, (Museum With No Frontiers, Electa, al-Faris), Vienna and Amman 2004 (co-author, co-editor). ISBN 1-874044-42-2. Purchase via www.discoverislamicart.org/book_home_php

Bait ‘Ur al-Fauqa: A Medieval and Ottoman Village on the Ancient Road between Jerusalem and the Coastal Plain, Levant 36 (2004), 251-270

The Citadel (Qal’a) in the Ottoman Period: An Overview, in: Hillenbrand, R. & Auld, S. (eds.), Ottoman Jerusalem, the Living City 1517-1917, Chapter 32, al-Tajir World of Islam Trust, London 2000

Selected Bibliography:

Books:

Khan al-Lubban, a Caravansarai on the Damascus-Jerusalem Road, Levant 33 (2001), 7-20 Qal’at al-Burak: A Fort of the Ottoman Period South of Bethlehem, Levant 32 (2000), 101-119 (co-author)

The Dome of the Rock, DIG Magazine, March/April 2000, Vol.5, No.3, pp. 27-29

An Arabic Inscription From Tanturah (Dor), Levant 31(1999), 112-114

“Introduction: Islamic Art in the Mediterranean”, Museum With No Frontiers Magazine, no. 0 (1998), 12-15; introduction to the subsequent catalogues in the collection “Islamic Art in the Mediterranean (co-author)

Book and catalogues Translated from English to Arabic:

The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture, by Nasser D. Khalili, London, 2007. ISBN 1874780897

Silk, 13th to 18th Centuries, Treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, by J. Thompson, London, 2004

Ivory, 8th to 17th Centuries, Treasures from the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, by M. Rosser-Owen, London, 2004

Islamic Military Heritage, Nine Centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh 1992