Chronicles of Qalāwūn and His Son Al-Ashraf Khalīl

ISBN-13: 9781032237527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 436 str.

Translated By David Cook

Opis

This volume provides translations of texts on the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun (1279-90) and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf (1290-93), which cover the end of the Crusader interlude in the Syrian Levant.

Spis treści

 Introduction; Text 1a. Ibn `Abd al-¿ahir, Tashrif al-ayyam wa-l-`u¿ur fi sirat al-Malik al-Man¿ur; Text 1b. Ibn `Abd al-¿ahir, al-Al¿af al-khafiyya min al-sira al-sharifa al-sul¿aniyya al-malikiyya al-ashrafiyya (selections); Text 2. al-Ashraf’s treaty with Jaime II of Aragon; Text 3. al-Shafi` b. `Ali, al-Fa¿l al-ma’thur fi sirat al-Malik al-Man¿ur (selections); Text 4a. Baybars al-Man¿uri, Zubdat al-fikra; Text 4b. Baybars al-Man¿uri, al-Tu¿fa al-mulukiyya fi al-dawla al-Turkiyya; Text 4c. Baybars al-Man¿uri, Mukhtarat al-akhbar

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).