Histories of the Middle East : studies in Middle Eastern society, economy and law in honor of A.L. Udovitch / / edited by Roxani Eleni Margariti, Adam Sabra, Petra M. Sijpesteijn.

• Superior document: Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, v. 79
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Margariti, Roxani Eleni, 1969-; Sabra, Adam Abdelhamid, 1968-; Sijpesteijn, Petra.; Udovitch, Abraham L.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic history and civilization ; v. 79.
• Physical Description: xxviii, 278 p., [4] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), map.

Table of Contents

"There are 'ulama', and then there are 'ulama" : minor religious institutions and minor religious functionaries in medieval Cairo / Jonathan P. Berkey -- The Arabian silent trade : profit and nobility in the "markets of the 'Arabs'" / Michael Bonner -- Ringing church bells in Hafsid Tunis : religious concessions to Christian fondacos in the later thirteenth century / Olivia Remie Constable -- An overview of the slaves' juridical status at sea in Romano-Byzantine, and Islamic laws / Hassan S. Khalilieh -- Maritime cityscapes : lessons from real and imagined topographies of western Indian Ocean ports / Roxani Eleni Margariti -- Demonizing zenobia : the legend of al-Zabba" in Islamic sources / David S. Powers -- The view from the south : the maps of the book of curiosities and the commercial revolution of the eleventh century / Yossef Rapoport -- From artisan to courtier : sufism and social mobility in fifteenth-century Egypt / Adam Sabra -- Mini-dramas by the water : on irrigation rights and disputes in fifteenth-century Damascus / Boaz Shoshan -- Army economics : an early papyrus letter related to 'ata' payments / Petra M. Sijpesteijn.