Egypt and Syria under Mamluk rule : : political, social and cultural aspects /

Egypt and Syria under Mamluk rule : : political, social and cultural aspects / / edited by Amalia Levanoni.

The studies in this volume explore central topics characterizing the political, social and economic systems of Egypt and Syria under Mamluk rule (1250-1517). Drawing on Arabic sources including archival material, poetry and chronicles as well as modern research literature, twelve leading scholars in...

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Superior document:Islamic History and Civilization ; 181
TeilnehmendeR:
Levanoni, Amalia,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 181.
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Public Space
  • 1 Protest Songs from the Streets of Mamluk Cities
  • Li Gou
  • 2 Travails of Prohibition: Suppression of Alcohol Use in the Mamluk Sultanate
  • Carl F. Petry
  • 3 Europeans and Ottomans in the Mamluk Sultanate: Notes on Terminology and Sources
  • Yaacov Lev
  • Part 2 Political Culture
  • 4 The Names of the Mamlūk s: Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Solidarity in the Mamluk Sultanate (648-922/1250-1517)
  • Koby Yosef
  • 5 Nomen Est Omen : David Ayalon, the Mamluk Sultanate, and the Reign of the Turks
  • Jo Van Steenbergen
  • 6 A High Officer and His Reward: The Public Activity of a Commander of the Sultan's Arms Depot in the Early Fourteenth Century
  • Joseph Drory
  • Part 3 Archival Literature
  • 7 Ikhwāniyyāt Letters in the Mamluk Period: A Document ( Muṭālaʿa ) Issued by al-Muʾayyad Shaykh's Chancery and a Contribution to Mamluk Diplomatics
  • Frédéric Bauden
  • Part 4 Economy of Infrastructures
  • 8 Grain, Textiles, and Demand Elasticity in Late Mamluk Egypt: A Preliminary Sketch
  • Stuart Borsch
  • 9 The Management of Water in Fourteenth-Century Damascus
  • Yehoshua Frenkel
  • 10 Urban Water Management in the Medieval Middle East: The Case of Mamluk Cairo
  • Amalia Levanoni
  • 11 Waqf as a Means of Securing Financial Assets: The "Self-Benefiting Waqf " in Mamluk Egypt and Syria
  • Daisuke Igarashi
  • Part 5 Communication Systems
  • 12 Handlist of Stations of the Ayyubid and Mamluk Communication Systems
  • Kurt Franz
  • Index.

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