Damascus life 1480-1500 : : a report of a local notary /

Damascus life 1480-1500 : : a report of a local notary / / by Boaz Shoshan.

"In Damascus Life 1480-1500: A Report of a Local Notary Boaz Shoshan offers a microhistory of the largest Syrian city at the end of the Mamluk period and on the eve of the Ottoman conquest. Mainly based on a partly preserved diary, the earliest available of its kind and written by Ibn Ṭawq, a...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization; volume 168
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Shoshan, Boaz,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Islamic History and Civilization; volume 168.
Physical Description:1 online resource (218 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ibn Ṭawq, his family, household, and close friends
  • Damascus ca. 1480-1500 : a city in crisis
  • The shaykh al-Islām : a giant in an embattled world of scholars
  • Bourgeois fortunes
  • The court : dispute and crime
  • The family : marriage, divorce, and the household.

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