A New Approach to Mamluk Official Processions within Cairo and its Environs from Tour Guiding Perspective An Analytic Study

This study does primarily focus on analyzing the official state Cairene processions in Mamlūk Egypt from tour guiding perspective. Those official processions are classified into multiple categories, based on their nature and objective, such as the sultanic i.e. throne ascension, military, social, religious, sports, and funerary parades. The analytic scholarship of those corteges played an axial role in revealing some useful information in connection with underscoring of many substantial political, economic, socio-religious, and architectural aspects in Mamlūk Egypt. Additionally, the study aimed at materializing many symbolic meanings that were indirectly delivered to the populace via the organization of those processions. Revelation of sueh information, whether tangible or symbolic, could be used by professional tour guides upon addressing the philosophical dimensions of any visited Mamlūk archaeological site.