The Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society

This volume consists of 19 studies by leading historians of the Mamluks. Drawing on primary Arabic sources, the studies discuss central political, military, urban, social, administrative, economic, financial and religious aspects of the Mamluk Empire that was established in 1250 by Mamluks (manumitted military slaves, mostly Turks and Circassians). It was a Sunni orthodox state that had a formidable military, a developed and sophisticated economy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004132864
• ISBN13: 9789004132863
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.6"