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Title
Egypt and Syria in the early Mamluk period
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349 (author)
Richards, D. S. (Donald Sidney), 1935- (translator)
Subject
Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349
Egypt--History--1250-1517 (LCSH)
Mamelukes--History (LCSH)
Egypt--Description and travel (LCSH)
Syria--Description and travel (LCSH)
Language
English (eng)
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DT96.4 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 956.91/02 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography (bibliography)
index (index)
Content
text (txt)
Note
Includes translation or is translation
original text: : Arabic
Summary
Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masâlik al-absâr, 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
Table Of Contents
The Ibn Faḍl Allâh family
The family tree
Shihab al-Din (Ibn Faḍl Allâh) al-'Umari
The Masâlik al-Abṣâr
The chapter on Egypt and Syria
Key to abbreviated references
The translation
Authorized Access Point
Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349 Egypt and Syria in the early Mamluk period
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Date: 2016-08-30
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Date: 2024-08-02T10:14:07.952903-04:00
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Description Language: English
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