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Book SynopsisThe 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 the field analyze a vast range of issues in Mamluk history and provide new perspectives on pivotal features such as European-Mamluk diplomacy, social relationships and identity in Mamluk society, rural and urban economy and water management in late medieval Egypt and Syria, reflecting major research trends in Mamluk history over the last four decades. With contributions by Frédéric Bauden, Stuart J. Borsch, Joseph Drory, Kurt Franz, Yehosua Frenkel, Daisuke Igarashi, Yaacov Lev, Amalia Levanoni, Li Guo, Carl F. Petry, Jo Van Steenbergen, Koby Yosef.
Table of ContentsPreface 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 Mamlūks: 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
