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Book SynopsisMamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies offers an up-to-date insight into the diplomacy and diplomatics of the Mamluk sultanate with Muslim and non-Muslim powers. This rich volume covers the whole chronological span of the sultanate as well as the various areas of the diplomatic relations established by (or with) the Mamluk sultanate. Twenty-six essays are divided in geographical sections that broadly respect the political division of the world as the Mamluk chancery perceived it. In addition, two introductory essays provide the present stage of research in the fields of, respectively, diplomatics and diplomacy. With contributions by Frédéric Bauden, Lotfi Ben Miled, Michele Bernardini, Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, Anne F. Broadbridge, Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi, Stephan Conermann, Nicholas Coureas, Malika Dekkiche, Rémi Dewière, Kristof D’hulster, Marie Favereau, Gladys Frantz-Murphy, Yehoshua Frenkel, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Ludvik Kalus, Anna Kollatz, Julien Loiseau, Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, John L. Meloy, Pierre Moukarzel, Lucian Reinfandt, Alessandro Rizzo, Éric Vallet, Valentina Vezzoli and Patrick Wing.
Trade Review"In addition to the focus on diplomacy, this volume offers a wealth of material on society, religion, and politics and on the range of government officials, soldiers, scholars, and merchants during the Mamluk era. These contributions provide an important resource for anyone interested in the broad historical reach of the Mamluks." - Daniel Varisco in Journal of the American Oriental Society 141.1 (2021).
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Charts, Figures, and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Mamluk Diplomatics: the Present State of Research Frédéric Bauden 2 Mamluk Diplomacy: the Present State of Research Malika Dekkiche Part 1 Diplomatic Conventions 3 Diplomatics, or Another Way to See the World Malika Dekkiche 4 Strong Letters at the Mamluk Court Lucian Reinfandt 5 Embassies and Ambassadors in Mamluk Cairo Yehoshua Frenkel Part 2 The Mongols and Their Successors 6 Careers in Diplomacy among Mamluks and Mongols, 658–741/1260–1341 Anne F. Broadbridge 7 The Golden Horde and the Mamluks: the Birth of a Diplomatic Set-Up (660–5/1261–7) Marie Favereau 8 Mamluk-Ilkhanid Diplomatic Contacts: Negotiations or Posturing? Reuven Amitai 9 Baghdad between Cairo and Tabriz: Emissaries to the Mamluks as Expressions of Local Political Ambitions and Ideologies during the Seventh/Thirteenth and Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries Hend Gilli-Elewy 10 Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Sulṭān Aḥmad Jalāyir’s Time as a Refugee in the Mamluk Sultanate Patrick Wing Part 3 The Timurids, the Turkmens, and the Ottomans 11 Niẓām al-Dīn Shāmī’s Description of the Syrian Campaign of Tīmūr Michele Bernardini 12 Diplomatic Entanglements between Tabriz, Cairo, and Herat: a Reconstructed Qara Qoyunlu Letter Datable to 818/1415 Frédéric Bauden 13 Fixed Rules to a Changing Game? Sultan Meḥmed II’s Realignment of Ottoman-Mamluk Diplomatic Conventions Kristof D’hulster Part 4 The Western Islamic Lands 14 Diplomatic Correspondence between Nasrid Granada and Mamluk Cairo: the Last Hope for al-Andalus Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo 15 Entre Ifrīqiya hafside et Égypte mamelouke: Des relations anciennes, continues et consolidées Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi 16 Tracking Down the Hafsid Diplomatic Missions All the Way to the Turco-Mamluk Borders (892–6/1487–91) Lotfi Ben Miled Part 5 Arabia, India, and Africa 17 Diplomatic Networks of Rasulid Yemen in Egypt (Seventh/Thirteenth to Early Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) Éric Vallet 18 “Aggression in the Best of Lands”: Mecca in Egyptian-Indian Diplomacy in the Ninth/Fifteenth Century John L. Meloy 19 Some Remarks on the Diplomatic Relations between Cairo, Delhi/Dawlatābād, and Aḥmadābād during the Eighth/Fourteenth and Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries Stephan Conermann and Anna Kollatz 20 The Ḥaṭī and the Sultan: Letters and Embassies from Abyssinia to the Mamluk Court Julien Loiseau 21 “Peace Be upon Those Who Follow the Right Way”: Diplomatic Practices between Mamluk Cairo and the Borno Sultanate at the End of the Eighth/Fourteenth Century Rémi Dewière Part 6 The Latin West 22 The European Embassies to the Court of the Mamluk Sultans in Cairo Pierre Moukarzel 23 In the Name of the Minorities: Lisbon’s Muslims as Emissaries from the King of Portugal to the Sultan of Egypt Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros 24 Envoys between Lusignan Cyprus and Mamluk Egypt, 838–78/1435–73: the Accounts of Pero Tafur, George Boustronios and Ibn Taghrī Birdī Nicholas Coureas 25 Negotiating the Last Mamluk-Venetian Commercial Decree (922–3/1516–7): Commercial Liability from the Sixth/Twelfth to the Early Tenth/Sixteenth Century Gladys Frantz-Murphy 26 Three Mamluk Letters Concerning the Florentine Trade in Egypt and Syria: a New Interpretation Alessandro Rizzo Part 7 Material Culture 27 Écritoires: objets fonctionnels et symboliques indissociables des cérémonies officielles à l’ époque mamelouke Ludvik Kalus 28 Precious Objects for Eminent Guests: the Use of Chinese Ceramics in Mamluk Cairo: the Fustat Ceramic Collection from The Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) Valentina Vezzoli Indexes
