Baybars' Successors: Ibn Al-Furāt on Qalāwūn and Al-Ashraf

ISBN-13: 9781032237565 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 306 str.

Translated By David Cook

Opis

Ibn al-Furat (d. 1405) is an understudied Mamluk historian, whose materials for the period of the later Crusades is unique. This translation provides a continuous narrative from 1277 until the assassination of al-Malik al-Ashraf in 1293.

Spis treści

Introduction; Text; Glossary

O autorze

David Cook is professor of religion at Rice University, US. His areas of specialisation include early Islamic history and development, Muslim apocalyptic literature, radical Islam, historical astronomy, and Judeo-Arabic literature. His previous publications include ‘The Book of Tribulations’: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition: An Annotated Translation by Nu`aym b. Hammad al-Marwazi (2017).