Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period : an extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī's Masālik al-Abṣār Fī Mamālik Al-Amṣār

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Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period : an extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī's Masālik al-Abṣār Fī Mamālik Al-Amṣār

translated by D. S. Richards

Routledge, 2019

  • : pbk.

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Masālik al-Abṣār Fī Mamālik Al-Amṣār

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-119) and index

"First published 2017 by Routledge"--T.p.verso

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Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masalik al-absar, 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.

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