The Mamluk Sultanate: A History
- 358 p., ill.; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Synopsis of events -- Ethos of the 'slave-soldiers' regime -- The Mamluk Sultanate from a global perspective -- Vocational classes : bureaucrats, magistrates, scholastics, clerics -- The political economy; Contexts of innovation -- The cultural legacy; Patronage, audience, genres, historiography -- The rural environment, gender issues, minority communities, Sufi practice.