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.

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. T...

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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.
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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