Safi' Ibn 'Ali's Biography of the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun
ISBN:
83-88238-30-2
Description: softcover, 454 pp (23x16,5 cm)
Condition: very good
Weight:
750g
Price: $20.00
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P. B. Lewicka, Safi' Ibn 'Ali's Biography of the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun, Warsaw 2000
The book is a contribution to the studies on the Mamluk military institution, Mamluk culture and Mamluk society. It consists of two parts: a critical edition of the Arabic medieval manuscript constitutes the main body of the work. The manuscript is a biography of al-Manşūr Qalāwūn, one of the Mamluk sultans who ruled Egypt and Syria at the end of XIII century and who played a decisive part in defeating Mongol and Crusading armies; the edition is preceded by a detailed introduction.
List of maps Abbreviations Foreword Section I. The World of the Early Mamluks 1.History 2. Organization of the Mamluk State Section II. Life and Deeds of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun 1. A Slave 2. An Officer 3. A King A. Internal affairs Opposition Supporters Administration B. Foreign Affairs The Mongols The Christians The Frankish States Byzantium Genoa Aragon Other Countries Nubia Yemen Section III. Safi' ibn 'All and His Work 1. The author 2. The manuscript 3. Description of the text Section IV. Other Arabic Sources for the Life and Reign of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun 1. Contemporary biographies and annalistic chronicles A. Egyptian authors 1. Ibn 'Abd az-Zahir 2. Ibn al-Wahld 3. Baybars al-Mansuri 4. Ibn al-Mukarram B. Syrian authors 1. Abu al-Fida' 2. Al-Gazarl 3. Al-Yunlnl 2. Chronicles of fourteenth and fifteenth century A. Egyptian authors 1. Al-Muqrf 2. Qirtay al-'lzzl 3. An-NuwayrI 4. Ibn ad-Dawadari 5. Mufaddal ibn Abl al-Fada'il 6. Ibn al-Furat 7. Al-MaqrizI 8. Al-'Aym 9. Ibn TagrI Birdl 10.Ibn lyas B. Syrian authors 1.Ad-Dahabl 2. Al-Kutubl 3. Ibn Katlr Glossary of Some Mamluk Terms Bibliography Primary Arab Sources Other Sources Secondary Works Works of Reference General Index to Part I Maps
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