Order Out of Chaos : : Patronage, Conflict and Mamluk Socio-Political Culture, 1341-1382 /

Order Out of Chaos : : Patronage, Conflict and Mamluk Socio-Political Culture, 1341-1382 / / Jo van Steenbergen.

This book offers an analysis of the Syro-Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate's political culture, focusing on the period between 1341 and 1382 CE, when twelve descendants of the regime's most successful sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn reigned and the military were more deeply involved in th...

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Superior document:The Medieval Mediterranean ; 65
VerfasserIn:
Steenbergen, Jo van,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:The Medieval Mediterranean ; 65.
Physical Description:1 online resource (222 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations-Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One Legitimate Power
  • a. The socio-political elite
  • b. The Sultanate
  • c. The Amirate
  • d. Conclusion
  • Chapter Two Effective Power
  • a. Observations
  • b. Patrons and Clients
  • c. Kinship
  • d. Households and Networks
  • e. Networks of Effective Power between 1341 and 1382
  • Chapter Three Struggle for Power
  • a. Observations
  • b. Motives
  • c. Strategies
  • d. Order out of Chaos: 1341-1382 146
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: The Qalawunid Sultanate, 1279-1382
  • Appendix 2: Effective Power holders between 1341 and 1382
  • Appendix 3: Struggle for Power between 1341 and 1382
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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