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Sugar in the social life of medieval islam / by Tsugitaka Sato.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satō, Tsugitaka, 1942-2011.
- Series:
- Islamic area studies ; 2214-6555 v. 1.
- Islamic area studies, 2214-6555 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sugar--Social aspects--Islamic Empire.
- Sugar.
- Manners and customs.
- Sugar--Social aspects.
- Islamic Empire--Social life and customs.
- Islamic Empire.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- Summary:
- In Sugar in the Social Life of Medieval Islam Tsugitaka Sato explores the actual day-to-day life in medieval Muslim societies through different aspects of sugar. Drawing from a wealth of historical sources - chronicles, geographies, travel accounts, biographies, medical and pharmacological texts, and more-he describes sugarcane cultivation, sugar production, the sugar trade, and sugar's use as a sweetener, a medicine, and a symbol of power. He gives us a new perspective on the history of the Middle East, as well as the history of sugar across the world. This book is a posthumous work by a leading scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies in Japan who made many contributions to this field. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Origin and Expansion of Sugar Production in the Islamic World 15
- The Origin of Sugar Production and its Expansion to West Asia 15
- The Origin of Sugarcane Cultivation 15
- The Origin of Sugar Production 16
- The Eastward Route: Expansion from India to China and Okinawa 17
- The Westward Route: Expansion from India to Iran 18
- The Expansion of Sugarcane Cultivation from Iran to Egypt 19
- The Expansion from Iran to Iraq 19
- Expansion to Syria (Bilad al-Sham) 23
- Expansion to Lower Egypt 25
- The Expansion of Sugar Production to Upper Egypt, Maghrib, and Andalusia 26
- Expansion from Lower Egypt to Upper Egypt 26
- Expansion to the Mediterranean Islands, Maghrib, and Andalusia 30
- 2 From Red Sugar to White Sugar: Sugar Production Technology 33
- Sugarcane Cultivation as Described by al-Nuwayri 33
- Al-Nuwayri, an Encyclopedist from Upper Egypt 33
- Sugarcane Cultivation as Seen in Nihayat al-Arab 34
- Sugarcane Growers and Sugar Factory Workers 37
- Sugar Production as Described by al-Nuwayri 40
- The Spread of Sugar Production Technology from Egypt to China 48
- The Travels of Marco Polo 48
- Technology Transfer between East and West 49
- 3 On Camels and Ships: Sugar as Commodity 51
- The Prosperity of al-Karkh in Baghdad 51
- The Establishment of Baghdad 51
- Al-Karkh as Commerce and Industry Center 52
- From Dibs to Sugar: A Change in the Production of Sweeteners 53
- Sugar Distribution in the Eastern Islamic World 55
- The Growth of Sugar Production in Egypt 56
- From Baghdad to Cairo: A Historical Change 56
- The Beginning of Prosperous Sugar Production in Fatimid Egypt 58
- Sugar in the Age of Salah al-Din 60
- The Managers of Sugar Production in al-Fustat 62
- Trade with Italian Merchants in Alexandria 65
- The Tricks of the Sugar Merchants in Mamluk Cairo 66
- A Guidebook (al-Madkhal) by Ibn al-Hdjj 66
- Unsanitary Conditions in Sugar Refineries 67
- The Tricks of the Sugar Merchants 68
- Reading the Books on Hisba 70
- What is "Hisba"? 70
- The Inspection of Sugar Trade 72
- 4 The Ups and Downs of the Sugar Merchants 74
- Tire Jewish Sugar Merchants as Described in the Geniza Documents 74
- The Discovery of the Cairo Geniza 74
- The Jewish Sugar Merchants 75
- The KarimiMerchants Versed in Sugar 77
- The Appearance of the Karimi Merchants 77
- The Organization and Activities of the Karimi Merchants 79Merchants of Spices and Perfumes or "Merchants of Spices and Sugar" 81
- The Vicissitudes of the Kharrubi Family in Mamluk Egypt 82
- From Retailers to Karimi Merchants 82
- The Sugar Refinery Merchant 83
- The Position of Chief Merchant (Ra is al-Tujjar) 85
- Religious and Cultural Activities 87
- The Beginning of the Downfall 88
- 5 Sugar as Medicine 91
- A Comprehensive Book of Simple Drugs by Ibn al-Baytar 91
- Ibn al-Baytar, Pharmacologist 91
- Sugar in the Comprehensive Book of Simple Drugs 92
- Ibn al-Nafis, the Personal Physician of Sultan Baybars I 97
- The Secondlbn Sind 97
- The Principles of Sugar as Described by Ibn al-Nafts 98
- Sugar as Medicine 100
- Attars: Merchants who Profited from Sugar 104
- Who were the Attars? 104
- Al-MaqrlzVs View of the Troubles in Egypt 106
- The Prosperous Attars 109
- 6 Sugar and Power: Festivals and Gifts from Royalty 114
- The Storehouse for Raw Sugar (Dar al-Qand) 114
- The Repeal of Miscellaneous Taxes by Sultan Saldh al-Din 114
- Al-Nashw Enacts Attachment on Raw Sugar 116
- Sugar in the Month of Ramadan 121
- Fasting and Sweets 121
- The Royal Custom of Giving Sugar 123
- Sweets for Banquets and Charities 125
- Sugar Candies for Banquets (Simat) 125
- Sweets for Charities 131
- Sugar Candies in Sultans' Pilgrimages to Mecca 133
- Amir al-Hajj - The Official Guard of Pilgrims to Mecca 133
- The Mahmil and Kiswa 135
- The Mamluk Sultans' Pilgrimages to Mecca 137
- 7 Cooking Innovations in Medieval Islam 140
- Cooking in the Abbasid Caliph Courts 140
- The Abbasid Caliph Courts 140
- Ibn Sayydr's Kitab al-Tabikh 142
- Al-Baghdadl's Kitab al-Tabikh 147
- Sugar in The Thousand and One Nights 151
- The World of The Thousand and One Nights 152
- Foods Palatable and Nutritious 153
- Sugar in Arabic Pharmacology 157
- Taqwlm al-Sihha by Ibn Butlan 158
- Kitab Dafc Madar al-Abdan by Ibn Ridwdn 160
- Jami' al-Gharad fi Hifz al-Sihha wa-Daf' al-Marad by Ibn aJ-Quff 163
- Hanging Candies for Children 166
- Hanging Candies in the Month of Rajab 166
- The Generalities of Sugar Consumption 168.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004277528
- 9789004277526
- 9789004281561
- 9004281568
- OCLC:
- 888165542
- Publisher Number:
- 99962435940
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