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Book SynopsisThis pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631 individuals drawn from two fifteenth-century biographical dictionaries, Carl Petry explores the geographic origins of the civilian elite (the 'ulama') and the distribution of their residences and places of work in Cairo. Origina
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Table of Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables and Chart, pg. ix*List of Lists in Appendix II, pg. x*List of Regional Maps, pg. xi*List of Figures, pg. xii*List of Illustrations, pg. xv*List of Abbreviations, pg. xvi*Note on Methodology and Transliteration, pg. xix*Preface, pg. xxi*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIRO, pg. 15*CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE, pg. 37*CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE, pg. 128*CHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE, pg. 200*CHAPTER V. A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES, pg. 312*APPENDIX I. A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS, pg. 327*APPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Sufis AND COPTS, pg. 343*APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMS, pg. 390*NOTES, pg. 403*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 436*INDEX, pg. 449
