Order out of chaos : patronage, conflict and Mamluk socio-political culture, 1341-1382 / by Jo Van Steenbergen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steenbergen, J. van.

Series:

Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 65.

Medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; v. 65

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mamelukes--History.

Mamelukes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an analysis of the Syro-Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate's political culture, focusing on the period between 1341 and 1382 CE, when twelve descendants of the regime's most successful sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn reigned and the military were more deeply involved in the political process than ever. The book consists of three chapters, each of which discusses one major component of this period's political culture: political institutions, political relationships engendering households and networks, and the dynamics of the period's many socio-political conflicts. This book marks an important breakthrough in Mamluk studies, offering both insights into the history of a long-neglected period and new models of analysis that call for wider application in the field of Mamluk socio-political history.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations-Transliteration

Introduction

Chapter One Legitimate Power

a. The socio-political elite

b. The Sultanate

c. The Amirate

d. Conclusion

Chapter Two Effective Power

a. Observations

b. Patrons and Clients

c. Kinship

d. Households and Networks

e. Networks of Effective Power between 1341 and 1382

Chapter Three Struggle for Power

b. Motives

c. Strategies

d. Order out of Chaos: 1341-1382 146

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Qalawunid Sultanate, 1279-1382

Appendix 2: Effective Power holders between 1341 and 1382

Appendix 3: Struggle for Power between 1341 and 1382

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-40005-X

9786611400057

90-474-1036-X

OCLC:

298788351

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047410362 DOI