From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond

Studies of the Later Islamic Middle Period in Honor of Linda Stevens Northrup

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From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond is a collection of essays dedicated to the esteemed Middle East historian Linda S. Northrup. It presents thirteen original contributions organized into four sections, authored by international scholars from diverse fields such as pre-modern history, architecture, and Middle Eastern studies. These contributions delve into areas of historical research that Linda Northrup has engaged with throughout her career. The first section examines Crusader-era historiography, the second focuses on the "Mamlūk" period, the third explores late medieval medical science, and the fourth investigates urban history and material culture. In essence, From Cairo to Jerusalem offers a significant scholarly contribution to the understanding of late medieval Islamic societies, spanning from the Crusades to the early sixteenth century.

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Mustafa Banister, Ph.D. (2015), University of Toronto, is Assistant Professor of Middle East history at Utah State University. From 2018 to 2021, he was a postdoctoral researcher on the “The Mamlukisation of the Mamluk Sultanate II” project at Ghent University. He has published a monograph entitled The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261-1517: Out of the Shadows (Edinburgh, 2021). His current research focuses on Muslim kingship in the historical writings of Ibn ʿArabshāh (d. 1450).

Fadi Ragheb served as Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the University of Toronto, where he taught courses in Arabic and Islamic history. He has published studies on Islamic Jerusalem, Saladin, and the Crusades. His current research focuses on the Faḍāʾil al-Quds, Islamic pilgrimage to Mamlūk Jerusalem, and Muslim-Crusader relations. He completed a B.A. at McGill University, and completed his M.A. and Ph.D. at the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, University of Toronto.
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Notes on Transliteration and Style
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Professor Linda S. Northrup: A Short Biographical Sketch
 Amar S. Baadj
Bibliography of Linda S. Northrup’s Works

Introduction
 Mustafa Banister and Fadi Ragheb

Part 1 History and Historiography in the Crusading and Ayyūbid Periods (Sixth/Twelfth and Seventh/Thirteenth Centuries)



1 “No People Will Prosper Who Appoint a Woman to Rule over Them”: Women and Government in Muslim Sources for the Crusading Period
 Niall Christie

2 The Early Military Experience of ʿImād al-Dīn Zengi against the Franks in Syria: A Study in the Arabic Chronicles of the Crusades
 Fadi Ragheb

3 The Second Crusade’s Siege of Damascus and the Ruin of al-Farādīs
 David Nicolle

4 Ibn al-Athīr the Chronicler and His Social Network
 Bogdan C. Smarandache

Part 2 History and Historiography of the “Mamlūk” Sultanate of Cairo (Late Seventh/Thirteenth to Early Tenth/Sixteenth Centuries)



5 Mamlūk Siege Warfare against the Franks in Syria: Some General Considerations
 Reuven Amitai

6 Maqriziana XVII: Al-Maqrīzī, Ibn Ḥajar, and the Man Who Pretended to Be the Sufyānī: An Insight into Source Criticism in the Late Mamlūk Period
 Frédéric Bauden

7 The Politics of the Ḥajj: From Transregional Competition to Dynastic Strategies in Early to Mid Ninth-/Fifteenth-Century Cairo
 Malika Dekkiche and Jo Van Steenbergen

8 A Custody Dispute between a Ḥabashī Slave and Her Jewish Owner as Reported in 928/1522 by Ibn Iyās, the Chronicler of the Late Mamlūk Period and Early Ottoman Occupation
 Carl F. Petry

Part 3 Late Medieval Islamic Science, Medicine, and Philosophy



9 Medical Discussions on Lovesickness (ʿIshq) during the Postclassical Period
 Nahyan Fancy

10 Dietary Warnings and Commandments in the Medical Discourse of the Mamlūk Near East (7th/13th to 10th/16th Centuries): Journey of a Concept
 Paulina B. Lewicka

Part 4 Urban History and Material Culture



11 Making Syria Mamlūk: The Case of Damascus
 Nasser Rabbat

12 Keeping up with the ʿAbbāsids: Toward an Economic and Urban Spatial History of the Cairo Caliphate (659–923/1261–1517)
 Mustafa Banister

13 Examples of Mamlūk-Inscribed Salvers from Ethiopian Churches
 Michael Gervers and Noha Abou Khatwa

Index
The book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval Islam. Some chapters are suitable for undergraduates studying world history. The book will interest researchers in Crusades history and Mamlūk studies.
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