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Selections from Subh al-A'shā by al-Qalqashandi, Clerk of the Mamluk Court: Egypt: "Seats of Government" and "Regulations of the Kingdom", From E

Selections from Subh al-A'shā by al-Qalqashandi, Clerk of the Mamluk Court: Egypt: "Seats of Government" and "Regulations of the Kingdom", From E

Abdelhamid, Tarek Galal
El-Toudy, Heba

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Medieval Translations

African HistoryMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1138669938
ISBN13: 9781138669932
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 20 2017
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.76
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Subh al-A'sha by al-Qalqashandi is a chancery clerk manual and a vital source of information on Fatimid and Mamluk Egypt which, for the first time, has been translated into English. The text provides valuable insight into the Mamluk and earlier Muslim eras. The selections presented in this volume describe Cairo, Fustat and the Citadel and gives a detailed picture of the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk court customs, rituals and protocol, and depicts how the Mamluk Sultanate was ruled. The introduction contextualises the translation, while detailed notes elaborate on the content of the source material. This translation will be a valuable resource students of medieval Islamic history.

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