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Mustafa Banister presents a thorough investigation of a forgotten dynasty: the Cairene descendants of the Abbasid family. He uncovers the public and private lives of the 18 men invested as caliphs during the period of 'Mamluk' rule in Egypt and Syria (1250 1517) and reveals a nuanced understanding of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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"Mustafa Banister's masterful study captures the tensions between an institution of lofty stature in the medieval Islamic world with the reality of its minimal influence in the political hierarchy of the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo that gave it a new lease on life. Banister's monograph is the definitive treatment of a critical topic that, to date, has been discussed tangentially." -Carl F. Petry, Northwestern University

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 10/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781474453370, 978-1474453370
      ISBN10: 1474453376
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mustafa Banister presents a thorough investigation of a forgotten dynasty: the Cairene descendants of the Abbasid family. He uncovers the public and private lives of the 18 men invested as caliphs during the period of 'Mamluk' rule in Egypt and Syria (1250 1517) and reveals a nuanced understanding of the Abbasid Caliphate.

      Trade Review
      "Mustafa Banister's masterful study captures the tensions between an institution of lofty stature in the medieval Islamic world with the reality of its minimal influence in the political hierarchy of the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo that gave it a new lease on life. Banister's monograph is the definitive treatment of a critical topic that, to date, has been discussed tangentially." -Carl F. Petry, Northwestern University

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