Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society

Michael Winter, Ph.D. (1972) in Islamic Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, is Professor of Middle Eastern history at Tel Aviv University. He has published extensively on the history of the Arab countries under the Mamluks and the Ottomans, including Egyptian Society under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798 (Routledge, 1992).Amalia Levanoni, Ph.D. (1990) in Middle Eastern History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is Senior Lecturer of Middle Eastern history at Haifa University and Chair-elect of the Department. She has published extensively on the history of the Mamluks, including A Turning Point in the Mamluk History: The Third Reign of al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun (1310-1341) (Brill, 1995).

'Overall, this volume provides informative reading about the medieval Mamluk system and should increase understanding of and, perhaps, provoke further thought about the current state of conflict in that region of the world. The articles will probably be of greatest scholarly value to those individuals seeking to clarify or enhance their own arguments via previous research published on some particular aspect of the Mamluk system.'Emma Hawkins, The Medieval Review, 2006.

• Preface .. ixList of Abbreviations .. xiList of Illustrations .. xiiiIntroduction .. xvPart One: The Formative Stage of the Mamluk Sultanate1. Doors that Open Meanings: Baybars’s Red Mosque at Safed .. 3Hanna Taragan2. The Mongol Occupation of Damascus in 1300: A Study of Mamluk Loyalties .. 21Reuven AmitaiPart Two: Mamluk Archival Evidence3. Glimpses of Provincial Mamluk Society from the Documents of the Oaram al-Sharif in Jerusalem .. 45Donald Richards4. The Recovery of Mamluk Chancery Documents in an Unsuspected Place .. 59Frédéric BaudenPart Three: Continuity and Change in the Mamluk Army5. The Sultan’s Laqab: A Sign of a New Order in Mamluk Factionalism? .. 79Amalia Levanoni6. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Sultanate Reconsidered .. 117Robert IrwinPart Four: Provincial Administration in Mamluk Palestine7. The Governance of Jerusalem under Qaytbay .. 143Donald Little8. Founding a New Mamlaka: Some Remarks Concerning Safed and the Organization of the Region in the Mamluk period .. 163Joseph DroryPart Five: Ibn Taymiyya and Mamluk Society9. Ibn Taymiyya on Divorce Oaths .. 191Yossef RapoportPart Six: Mamluk Economy10. The Circulation of Dirhams in the Bahri Period .. 221Warren Schultz11. The mu˙tasibs of Cairo under the Mamluks: Toward an Understanding of an Islamic Institution .. 245Jonathan Berkey12. The Estate of al-Khuwand Fatima al-Khassbakiyya: Royal Spouse, Autonomous Investor .. 277Carl PetryPart Seven: The Mamluks in Syria13. Mamluks and their Households in Late Mamluk Damascus: A waqf Study .. 297Michael Winter14. The Last Mamluk Household .. 317Thomas Philipp15. Urban Residential Houses in Mamluk Syria: Forms, Characteristics and the Impact ofSocio-cultural Forces .. 339Nimrod LuzPart Eight: The Mamluks in Ottoman Egypt16. The Wealth of the Egyptian Emirs at the End of the Seventeenth Century .. 359André Raymond17. Problems of 'Abd al-Ra˙man Katkhuda’s Leadership of the Qazdughli Faction .. 373Daniel Crecelius18. Mamluk “revivals” and Mamluk Nostalgia in Ottoman Egypt .. 387Jane Hathaway19. Bedouin and Mamluks in Egypt—Co-existence in a State of Duality .. 407Reuven AharoniIndex .. 435