Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography, Volume 1

By Li Guo and Musa Ibn Muhammad Yunini

This laudable work offers a study, translation and partial edition of one of the most important early Mamluk sources and its author. In addition to the work's contribution to Mamluk history, it also makes a significant contribution towards the ultimate goal of having the key texts of early Mamluk historiography accessible to scholars.
In this first volume the life and work of al-Yūnīnī (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004110283
• ISBN13: 9789004110281
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"