{"product_id":"imperial-power-and-maritime-trade-9780991573202","title":"Imperial Power and Maritime Trade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new paperback is a Revised Edition with new preface. Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material, this study presents the history of late medieval Mecca and the Sharifs who ruled the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Map 1: The Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Map 2: The Central Hijaz\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Revised Edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Rise of Mecca in the Later Middle Ages: Politics and Historiography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Local Contexts of Maritime Trade in Mecca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Brokering Power in Mecca: Mamluk Seasonal Domination and the Rule of the Sharifs,797–824\/1395–1421\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mamluk Expansion and Meccan Resistance, 824 – 41\/1421–38\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Forging Mutual Interests, 841–67\/1438–63\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mecca as Sultanate: Foundations of Economic Power, 867–903\/1463–97\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Politics, Trade, and the New Dispensations in Mecca, 903–23\/1497–1517\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Mecca’s Loss of Splendid Isolation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Comparative Political Periodization of the Mamluk Sultanate and the Meccan Sharifate and Amirate, 797–931\/1395–1525\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Genealogical Charts of the Shar?fs,7th–10th\/13th–16th c.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Maritime Traffic between Jedda and Indian Ocean and Red Sea Ports, 876–944\/1471–1537\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885158379863,"sku":"9780991573202","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780991573202.jpg?v=1722535174","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imperial-power-and-maritime-trade-9780991573202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}