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Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies
Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 161
Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies offers an up-to-date insight into the diplomacy and diplomatics of the Mamluk sultanate with Muslim and non-Muslim powers. This rich volume covers the whole chronological span of the sultanate as well as the various areas of the diplomatic relations established by (or with) the Mamluk sultanate. Twenty-six essays are divided in geographical sections that broadly respect the political division of the world as the Mamluk chancery perceived it. In addition, two introductory essays provide the present stage of research in the fields of, respectively, diplomatics and diplomacy. With contributions by Frédéric Bauden, Lotfi Ben Miled, Michele Bernardini, Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, Anne F. Broadbridge, Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi, Stephan Conermann, Nicholas Coureas, Malika Dekkiche, Rémi Dewière, Kristof Dâhulster, Marie Favereau, Gladys Frantz-Murphy, Yehoshua Frenkel, Hend Gilli-Elewy, Ludvik Kalus, Anna Kollatz, Julien Loiseau, Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, John L. Meloy, Pierre Moukarzel, Lucian Reinfandt, Alessandro Rizzo, Ãric Vallet, Valentina Vezzoli and Patrick Wing.
Frédéric Bauden, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Liège. His research focuses on Mamluk historiography, diplomatics, and codicology. He is the editor of the bookseries Bibliotheca Maqriziana (Leiden: Brill). He is completing a book on al-MaqriÌziÌâs collection of opuscules. Malika Dekkiche, Ph.D. (2011), is Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History at the University of Antwerp. Her research focuses on premodern Islamic diplomacy, state formation, religious patronage and more generally on the history of the Mamluk sultanate, Timurid and Turkmen dynasties.
"In addition to the focus on diplomacy, this volume offers a wealth of material on society, religion, and politics and on the range of government officials, soldiers, scholars, and merchants during the Mamluk era. These contributions provide an important resource for anyone interested in the broad historical reach of the Mamluks." - Daniel Varisco in Journal of the American Oriental Society 141.1 (2021).
Preface Abbreviations Charts, Figures, and Tables Notes on Contributors
1 Mamluk Diplomatics: the Present State of Research âFrédéric Bauden
2 Mamluk Diplomacy: the Present State of Research âMalika Dekkiche
3 Diplomatics, or Another Way to See the World âMalika Dekkiche
4 Strong Letters at the Mamluk Court âLucian Reinfandt
5 Embassies and Ambassadors in Mamluk Cairo âYehoshua Frenkel
6 Careers in Diplomacy among Mamluks and Mongols, 658â741/1260â1341 âAnne F. Broadbridge
7 The Golden Horde and the Mamluks: the Birth of a Diplomatic Set-Up (660â5/1261â7) âMarie Favereau
8 Mamluk-Ilkhanid Diplomatic Contacts: Negotiations or Posturing? âReuven Amitai
9 Baghdad between Cairo and Tabriz: Emissaries to the Mamluks as Expressions of Local Political Ambitions and Ideologies during the Seventh/Thirteenth and Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries âHend Gilli-Elewy
10 Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Sulá¹Än Aḥmad JalÄyirâs Time as a Refugee in the Mamluk Sultanate âPatrick Wing
11 NiáºÄm al-DÄ«n ShÄmÄ«âs Description of the Syrian Campaign of TÄ«mÅ«r âMichele Bernardini
12 Diplomatic Entanglements between Tabriz, Cairo, and Herat: a Reconstructed Qara Qoyunlu Letter Datable to 818/1415 âFrédéric Bauden
13 Fixed Rules to a Changing Game? Sultan Meḥmed IIâs Realignment of Ottoman-Mamluk Diplomatic Conventions âKristof Dâhulster
14 Diplomatic Correspondence between Nasrid Granada and Mamluk Cairo: the Last Hope for al-Andalus âBárbara Boloix-Gallardo
15 Entre IfrÄ«qiya hafside et Ãgypte mamelouke: Des relations anciennes, continues et consolidées âMounira Chapoutot-Remadi
16 Tracking Down the Hafsid Diplomatic Missions All the Way to the Turco-Mamluk Borders (892â6/1487â91) âLotfi Ben Miled
17 Diplomatic Networks of Rasulid Yemen in Egypt (Seventh/Thirteenth to Early Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) âÃric Vallet
18 âAggression in the Best of Landsâ: Mecca in Egyptian-Indian Diplomacy in the Ninth/Fifteenth Century âJohn L. Meloy
19 Some Remarks on the Diplomatic Relations between Cairo, Delhi/DawlatÄbÄd, and AḥmadÄbÄd during the Eighth/Fourteenth and Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries âStephan Conermann and Anna Kollatz
20 The Ḥaá¹Ä« and the Sultan: Letters and Embassies from Abyssinia to the Mamluk Court âJulien Loiseau
21 âPeace Be upon Those Who Follow the Right Wayâ: Diplomatic Practices between Mamluk Cairo and the Borno Sultanate at the End of the Eighth/Fourteenth Century âRémi Dewière
22 The European Embassies to the Court of the Mamluk Sultans in Cairo âPierre Moukarzel
23 In the Name of the Minorities: Lisbonâs Muslims as Emissaries from the King of Portugal to the Sultan of Egypt âMaria Filomena Lopes de Barros
24 Envoys between Lusignan Cyprus and Mamluk Egypt, 838â78/1435â73: the Accounts of Pero Tafur, George Boustronios and Ibn TaghrÄ« BirdÄ« âNicholas Coureas
25 Negotiating the Last Mamluk-Venetian Commercial Decree (922â3/1516â7): Commercial Liability from the Sixth/Twelfth to the Early Tenth/Sixteenth Century âGladys Frantz-Murphy
26 Three Mamluk Letters Concerning the Florentine Trade in Egypt and Syria: a New Interpretation âAlessandro Rizzo
27 Ãcritoires: objets fonctionnels et symboliques indissociables des cérémonies officielles à lâ époque mamelouke âLudvik Kalus
28 Precious Objects for Eminent Guests: the Use of Chinese Ceramics in Mamluk Cairo: the Fustat Ceramic Collection from The Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) âValentina Vezzoli
Indexes
1 Mamluk Diplomatics: the Present State of Research âFrédéric Bauden
2 Mamluk Diplomacy: the Present State of Research âMalika Dekkiche
Part 1 Diplomatic Conventions
3 Diplomatics, or Another Way to See the World âMalika Dekkiche
4 Strong Letters at the Mamluk Court âLucian Reinfandt
5 Embassies and Ambassadors in Mamluk Cairo âYehoshua Frenkel
Part 2 The Mongols and Their Successors
6 Careers in Diplomacy among Mamluks and Mongols, 658â741/1260â1341 âAnne F. Broadbridge
7 The Golden Horde and the Mamluks: the Birth of a Diplomatic Set-Up (660â5/1261â7) âMarie Favereau
8 Mamluk-Ilkhanid Diplomatic Contacts: Negotiations or Posturing? âReuven Amitai
9 Baghdad between Cairo and Tabriz: Emissaries to the Mamluks as Expressions of Local Political Ambitions and Ideologies during the Seventh/Thirteenth and Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries âHend Gilli-Elewy
10 Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Sulá¹Än Aḥmad JalÄyirâs Time as a Refugee in the Mamluk Sultanate âPatrick Wing
Part 3 The Timurids, the Turkmens, and the Ottomans
11 NiáºÄm al-DÄ«n ShÄmÄ«âs Description of the Syrian Campaign of TÄ«mÅ«r âMichele Bernardini
12 Diplomatic Entanglements between Tabriz, Cairo, and Herat: a Reconstructed Qara Qoyunlu Letter Datable to 818/1415 âFrédéric Bauden
13 Fixed Rules to a Changing Game? Sultan Meḥmed IIâs Realignment of Ottoman-Mamluk Diplomatic Conventions âKristof Dâhulster
Part 4 The Western Islamic Lands
14 Diplomatic Correspondence between Nasrid Granada and Mamluk Cairo: the Last Hope for al-Andalus âBárbara Boloix-Gallardo
15 Entre IfrÄ«qiya hafside et Ãgypte mamelouke: Des relations anciennes, continues et consolidées âMounira Chapoutot-Remadi
16 Tracking Down the Hafsid Diplomatic Missions All the Way to the Turco-Mamluk Borders (892â6/1487â91) âLotfi Ben Miled
Part 5 Arabia, India, and Africa
17 Diplomatic Networks of Rasulid Yemen in Egypt (Seventh/Thirteenth to Early Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries) âÃric Vallet
18 âAggression in the Best of Landsâ: Mecca in Egyptian-Indian Diplomacy in the Ninth/Fifteenth Century âJohn L. Meloy
19 Some Remarks on the Diplomatic Relations between Cairo, Delhi/DawlatÄbÄd, and AḥmadÄbÄd during the Eighth/Fourteenth and Ninth/Fifteenth Centuries âStephan Conermann and Anna Kollatz
20 The Ḥaá¹Ä« and the Sultan: Letters and Embassies from Abyssinia to the Mamluk Court âJulien Loiseau
21 âPeace Be upon Those Who Follow the Right Wayâ: Diplomatic Practices between Mamluk Cairo and the Borno Sultanate at the End of the Eighth/Fourteenth Century âRémi Dewière
Part 6 The Latin West
22 The European Embassies to the Court of the Mamluk Sultans in Cairo âPierre Moukarzel
23 In the Name of the Minorities: Lisbonâs Muslims as Emissaries from the King of Portugal to the Sultan of Egypt âMaria Filomena Lopes de Barros
24 Envoys between Lusignan Cyprus and Mamluk Egypt, 838â78/1435â73: the Accounts of Pero Tafur, George Boustronios and Ibn TaghrÄ« BirdÄ« âNicholas Coureas
25 Negotiating the Last Mamluk-Venetian Commercial Decree (922â3/1516â7): Commercial Liability from the Sixth/Twelfth to the Early Tenth/Sixteenth Century âGladys Frantz-Murphy
26 Three Mamluk Letters Concerning the Florentine Trade in Egypt and Syria: a New Interpretation âAlessandro Rizzo
Part 7 Material Culture
27 Ãcritoires: objets fonctionnels et symboliques indissociables des cérémonies officielles à lâ époque mamelouke âLudvik Kalus
28 Precious Objects for Eminent Guests: the Use of Chinese Ceramics in Mamluk Cairo: the Fustat Ceramic Collection from The Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) âValentina Vezzoli
Indexes
All interested in the history of the Mamluk sultanate, diplomatics, diplomacy, and anyone concerned with documents, gifts, and protocol.