Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period
An Extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh Al-‘Umarī's Masālik Al-Abṣār Fī Mamālik Al-Amṣār
Nonfiction, History, Africa, Egypt
| Author: | D.S. Richards | ISBN: | 9781315458793 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 6, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | D.S. Richards |
| ISBN: | 9781315458793 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 6, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umarī’s Masālik al-absār, 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.
Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umarī’s Masālik al-absār, 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.
