This book explores how modern Egyptians understand the Mamluks and reveals the ways in which that historical memory is utilized for political and ideological pu

In this book, distinguished scholars provide an accessible introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations.

This volume is a collection of studies by leading historians on central aspects of the Mamluk Empire of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517), and of Ottoman Egypt (16th-

This book is the first to date to be dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patron