State formation and the structure of politics in Mamluk Syro-Egypt, 648-741 A.H./1250-1340 C.E. / / Winslow Williams Clifford ; edited by Stephan Conermann.

• Author: Clifford, Winslow Williams.
• TeilnehmendeR: Conermann, Stephan.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Mamluk studies ; v. 2; Mamluk Studies - Band 002
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Winslow Williams Clifford is one of the few historians so far who have addressed the history and culture of the so-called Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517) on the basis of theoretical models. This volume is a posthumous publication of his doctoral thesis, submitted in 1995 at the University of Chicago. Through his skillful application of social theory, Clifford succeeded in providing highly convincing evidence that the Mamluk Sultanate did not - as was maintained for a long time - constitute a static form of "oriental despotism" but was, rather, a highly differentiated society. It was primarily based on compliance with a complex system of order that had established itself during the rule of the first sultans.

Table of Contents

Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Problemation of the Early Mamluk State; The Microstructure of Social Conflict; The Problem of Middle East State Formation; The Nature of the Early Mamluk State; The Problem of Idealized Solidary: Ustādh-Mamlūk, Khushdāshiyyah and Jinsiyyah; The Structure of Mamluk Politics; Conclusion; Chapter 3 - The Search for Nizạ̄m (1249-1260/647-58); The Legacy of al-Sạ̄lih ̣Ayyūb; Shortcomings of Clientelism under Tūrānshāh and Shajar al-Durr; Aybak and Qutuz: The Failure to Establish Nizạ̄m; Conclusion

Chapter 7 - Al-Nasịr Muhạmmad and the Rule of Nizạ̄m (1309-1341/710-741)Baybars II al-Jāshnakīr, al-Nāsịr Muhạmmad and the Politics of Seniority; Al-Nāsịr and the Mansụ̄riyyah; Punishment and Rehabilitation under al-Nāsịr Muhạmmad; Al-Nāsịr's Patronage of the Mansụ̄riyyah; Al-Nāsịr and the Nāsịriyyah; Conclusion; Chapter 8 - Conclusion; Appendix I; Early Mamluk Rulers; Appendix II; Careerism in the Early Mamluk State; Glossary; Bibliography; Manuscript Primary Sources; Printed Primary Sources; Select Secondary Sources