Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period: An Extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh Al-'Umarī's Masālik Al-Abṣār Fī Mam

ISBN-13: 9781138208599 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 122 str.

D. S. Richards

Opis

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umar s Mas lik al-abs r, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well as insights into its society and the organization and functioning of the Mamluk state."

O autorze

D.S. Richards is an Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford.