{"product_id":"egypt-and-syria-under-mamluk-rule-political-social-and-cultural-aspects-9789004459519","title":"Egypt and Syria under Mamluk Rule: Political, Social and Cultural Aspects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210819559767,"sku":"9789004459519","price":133.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/egypt-and-syria-under-mamluk-rule-political-social-and-cultural-aspects-9789004459519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}