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Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History
Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 143
Editor:
The present volume contains seventeen essays on the Mamluk Sultanate, an Islamic Empire of slaves whose capital was in Cairo between the 13th and the 16th centuries, written by leading historians of this period. It discusses topics as varied as social and cultural issues, women in Mamluk society, literary and poetical genres, the politics of material culture, and regional and local politics. The volume presents state of the art scholarship in the field of Mamluk studies as well as an in-depth review of recent developments. Mamluk studies have expanded considerably in recent years and today interests hundreds of active researchers worldwide who write in numerous languages and constitute a vivid and strong community of researchers, some of whose best research is presented in this volume.
With contributions by Reuven Amitai; Frédéric Bauden; Yuval Ben-Bassat; Joseph Drory; Ãlise Franssen; Yehoshua Frenkel; Li Guo; Daisuke Igarashi; Yaacov Lev; Bernadette Martel-Thoumian; Carl Petry; Warren Schultz; Boaz Shoshan; Hana Taragan; Bethany J. Walker; Michael Winter; Koby Yosef; Limor Yungman.
With contributions by Reuven Amitai; Frédéric Bauden; Yuval Ben-Bassat; Joseph Drory; Ãlise Franssen; Yehoshua Frenkel; Li Guo; Daisuke Igarashi; Yaacov Lev; Bernadette Martel-Thoumian; Carl Petry; Warren Schultz; Boaz Shoshan; Hana Taragan; Bethany J. Walker; Michael Winter; Koby Yosef; Limor Yungman.
Yuval Ben-Bassat, Ph.D. (2007), University of Chicago, is senior lecturer at the Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa. He has published extensively on Greater Syria during the late Ottoman period, including Petitioning the Sultan: Protests and Justice in Late Ottoman Palestine (Tauris 2013).
"In my view this volume offers a nice entry point into the field of Mamlūk history. It offers a taster of the range of perspectives that have and are being taken by scholars in the field, as well as a fine introduction to a number of its historical sources." - Daisy Livingston, in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019)
"... this collection of articles is highly recommended for anyone interested in the Mamlūks. With its combination of articles by both well-established scholars as well as relative newcomers to the discipline, it provides an excellent, remarkably rich and multifaceted cross section of the state of the art in the burgeoning field of Mamlūk history." - Laurenz Kern, Freie Universität Berlin, in: Die Welt Des Islams 59 (2019)
"... the volume constitutes an important read for scholars and students of the Mamluk Period as well as of the respective fields of inquiry beyond that field. This is also true for further subjects such as numismatics, manuscript studies, institutional history, or food studies." - Torsten Wollina, Orient-Institut Beirut, in: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East 95/2 (2018)
"In their remarkable variety, these seventeen papers nicely illustrate the different terrains of scholarship on which Amalia Levanoni has been operating since the 1980s. Whereas some of them continue to situate themselves comfortably in longstanding research traditions and paradigms, quite a few simultaneously demonstrate the expanding range of research perspectives - including social theory, literary criticism, codicology, anthropology and archaeology - that have started to transform Mamluk studies into an interdisciplinary field by default. Beyond the individual value of quite a few of the papers in this volume, the latter general observation certainly also adds to the importance of this volume as a whole." - Jo Van Steenbergen, University of Gent, in: English Historical Review 134/569 (2019)
"... this collection of articles is highly recommended for anyone interested in the Mamlūks. With its combination of articles by both well-established scholars as well as relative newcomers to the discipline, it provides an excellent, remarkably rich and multifaceted cross section of the state of the art in the burgeoning field of Mamlūk history." - Laurenz Kern, Freie Universität Berlin, in: Die Welt Des Islams 59 (2019)
"... the volume constitutes an important read for scholars and students of the Mamluk Period as well as of the respective fields of inquiry beyond that field. This is also true for further subjects such as numismatics, manuscript studies, institutional history, or food studies." - Torsten Wollina, Orient-Institut Beirut, in: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East 95/2 (2018)
"In their remarkable variety, these seventeen papers nicely illustrate the different terrains of scholarship on which Amalia Levanoni has been operating since the 1980s. Whereas some of them continue to situate themselves comfortably in longstanding research traditions and paradigms, quite a few simultaneously demonstrate the expanding range of research perspectives - including social theory, literary criticism, codicology, anthropology and archaeology - that have started to transform Mamluk studies into an interdisciplinary field by default. Beyond the individual value of quite a few of the papers in this volume, the latter general observation certainly also adds to the importance of this volume as a whole." - Jo Van Steenbergen, University of Gent, in: English Historical Review 134/569 (2019)
A Note on Transliteration
List of Pictures and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Professor Amalia Levanoniâs Contribution to the Field of Mamluk Studies
Michael Winter
Introduction
Yuval Ben-Bassat
A. Social and Cultural Issues
1. Carl Petry
âAlready Rich? Yet âGreed Deranged Himâ: Elite Status and Criminal Complicity in the
Mamluk Sultanateâ
2. Koby Yosef
âUsages of Kinship Terminology during the Mamluk Sultanate and the Notion of the âMamlÅ«k Familyââ
3. Limor Yungman
âMedieval Middle Eastern Court Taste: The Mamluk Caseâ
4. Bernadette Martel-Thoumian
âDU SANG ET DES LARMES: LE DESTIN TRAGIQUE DâAá¹¢ALBÄY AL-JARKASIYYA (m. en 1509)â
5. Daisuke Igarashi
âThe Office of the UstÄdÄr al-Ê¿Äliya in the Circassian Mamluk Eraâ
B. Women in Mamluk Society
6. Yaakov Lev
âWomen in the Urban Space of Medieval Muslim Citiesâ
7. Yehoshua Frenkel
âSlave Girls and Learned Teachers: Women in Mamluk Sourcesâ
8. Boaz Shoshan
âOn Marriage in Damascus, 1480-1500â
C. Literary and Poetical Genres
9. Li Guo
âSongs, Poetry, and Storytelling: Ibn TaghrÄ«birdÄ« on the YalbughÄ Affairâ
10. Frédéric Bauden
âMaqriziana XIII: An Exchange of Correspondence Between al-MaqrÄ«zÄ« and al-QalqashandÄ«â
11. Michael Winter
âSultan SelÄ«mâs Obsession with Mamluk Egypt according to EvliyÄ Òelebiâs SeyÄḥatnÄmeâ
D. The Politics of Material Culture
12. Warren Schultz
âMamluk Coins, Mamluk Politics and the Limits of the Numismatic Evidenceâ
13. Hana Taragan
âMamluk Patronage, Crusader Spolia: Turbat al-Kubakiyya in the Mamilla Cemetery,
Jerusalem (688/1289)â
14. Bethany J. Walker
âThe Struggle over Water: Evaluating the âWater Cultureâ of Syrian Peasants under Mamluk Ruleâ
15. Ãlise Franssen
âWhat was there in a Mamluk AmÄ«râs Library? Evidence from a Fifteenth-Century Manuscriptâ
E. Regional and Local Politics
16. Reuven Amitai
âPost-Crusader Acre in Light of a Mamluk Inscription and a FatwÄ Document from
Damascusâ
17. Joseph Drory
âFavored by the Sultan, Disfavored by his Son: Some Glimpses into the Career of Ṭashtamur Ḥummuá¹£ Akhá¸arâ
Bibliography
Index
List of Pictures and Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Professor Amalia Levanoniâs Contribution to the Field of Mamluk Studies
Michael Winter
Introduction
Yuval Ben-Bassat
A. Social and Cultural Issues
1. Carl Petry
âAlready Rich? Yet âGreed Deranged Himâ: Elite Status and Criminal Complicity in the
Mamluk Sultanateâ
2. Koby Yosef
âUsages of Kinship Terminology during the Mamluk Sultanate and the Notion of the âMamlÅ«k Familyââ
3. Limor Yungman
âMedieval Middle Eastern Court Taste: The Mamluk Caseâ
4. Bernadette Martel-Thoumian
âDU SANG ET DES LARMES: LE DESTIN TRAGIQUE DâAá¹¢ALBÄY AL-JARKASIYYA (m. en 1509)â
5. Daisuke Igarashi
âThe Office of the UstÄdÄr al-Ê¿Äliya in the Circassian Mamluk Eraâ
B. Women in Mamluk Society
6. Yaakov Lev
âWomen in the Urban Space of Medieval Muslim Citiesâ
7. Yehoshua Frenkel
âSlave Girls and Learned Teachers: Women in Mamluk Sourcesâ
8. Boaz Shoshan
âOn Marriage in Damascus, 1480-1500â
C. Literary and Poetical Genres
9. Li Guo
âSongs, Poetry, and Storytelling: Ibn TaghrÄ«birdÄ« on the YalbughÄ Affairâ
10. Frédéric Bauden
âMaqriziana XIII: An Exchange of Correspondence Between al-MaqrÄ«zÄ« and al-QalqashandÄ«â
11. Michael Winter
âSultan SelÄ«mâs Obsession with Mamluk Egypt according to EvliyÄ Òelebiâs SeyÄḥatnÄmeâ
D. The Politics of Material Culture
12. Warren Schultz
âMamluk Coins, Mamluk Politics and the Limits of the Numismatic Evidenceâ
13. Hana Taragan
âMamluk Patronage, Crusader Spolia: Turbat al-Kubakiyya in the Mamilla Cemetery,
Jerusalem (688/1289)â
14. Bethany J. Walker
âThe Struggle over Water: Evaluating the âWater Cultureâ of Syrian Peasants under Mamluk Ruleâ
15. Ãlise Franssen
âWhat was there in a Mamluk AmÄ«râs Library? Evidence from a Fifteenth-Century Manuscriptâ
E. Regional and Local Politics
16. Reuven Amitai
âPost-Crusader Acre in Light of a Mamluk Inscription and a FatwÄ Document from
Damascusâ
17. Joseph Drory
âFavored by the Sultan, Disfavored by his Son: Some Glimpses into the Career of Ṭashtamur Ḥummuá¹£ Akhá¸arâ
Bibliography
Index
Academics interested in Islamic civilization during medieval times, in particular the Mamluk sultanate, the nadir of the slave system in the Islamic world.