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Egypt and Syria in the early Mamluk period : an extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-'Umarī's Masālik al-Abṣār fī Mamālik al-Amṣār / translated by D.S. Richards.

DT96.4 .I25413 2017

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349, author.
Contributor:: Richards, D. S. (Donald Sidney), 1935- translator.
Standardized Title:: Masālik al-abṣār fī mamālik al-amṣār. Selections. English
Language:: Arabic; English
Subjects (All):: Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349.; Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá.; Egypt--History--1250-1517.; Egypt.; History.; Mamelukes--History.; Mamelukes.; Egypt--Description and travel.; Syria--Description and travel.; Syria.; Travel.
Genre:: History.
Physical Description:: 122 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Summary:: Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masâlik al-Absâr, 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.
Contents:: The Ibn Faḍl Allâh family; The family tree; Shihab al-Din (Ibn Faḍl Allâh) al-'Umari; His career; His works; The Masâlik al-Abṣâr; The chapter on Egypt and Syria; Key to abbreviated references; The translation.
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:: Online version: Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʻUmarī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, 1301-1349, author. Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period
ISBN:: 9781138208599; 1138208590
OCLC:: 947794730

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Egypt and Syria in the early Mamluk period : an extract from Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-'Umarī's Masālik al-Abṣār fī Mamālik al-Amṣār / translated by D.S. Richards.

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