Trajectories of state formation across fifteenth-century Islamic West-Asia : Eurasian parallels, connections and divergences / edited by Jo Van Steenbergen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steenbergen, J. van, editor.

Series:

Rulers & elites ; v. 18.

Rulers & elites ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

History.

Islamic countries--History--15th century.

Islamic countries.

State, The--Origin.

State, The.

Eurasia--Civilization.

Eurasia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 361 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"The concept, practice, institution and appearance of 'the state' have been hotly debated ever since the emergence of history as a discipline within modern scholarship. The field of medieval Islamic history, however, has remained aloof from most of these debates. Rather it tends to take for granted the particularity of dynastic trajectories within only slowly changing bureaucratic contexts. Trajectories of State Formation promotes a more critical and connected understanding of state formation in the late medieval Sultanates of Cairo and of the Timurid, Turkmen and Ottoman dynasties. Projecting seven case studies onto a broad canvas of European and West-Asian research, this volume presents a trans-dynastic reconstruction, interpretation and illustration of statist trajectories across fifteenth century Islamic West-Asia. Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D'hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From Temür to Selim: Trajectories of Turko-Mongol State Formation in Islamic West-Asia's Long Fifteenth Century / Jo Van Steenbergen

Studying Rulers and States across Fifteenth Century Western Eurasia / Jan Dumolyn and Jo Van Steenbergen

The Road to the Citadel as a Chain of Opportunity: Mamluks' Careers between Contingency and Institutionalization / Kristof D'hulster

The Syro-Egyptian Sultanate in Transformation, 1496-1498: Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad b. Qaytbay and the Reformation of mamlūk Institutions and Symbols of State Power / Albrecht Fuess

Tales of Viziers and Wine: Interpreting Early Ottoman Narratives of State Centralization / Dimitri Kastritsis

Iranian Elites under the Timurids / Beatrice F. Manz

The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony / John L. Meloy

The Syrian Commercial Elite and Mamluk State-Building in the Fifteenth Century / Patrick Wing

Settling Accounts with the Sultan: Cortesia, Zemechia and Venetian Fiscality in Fifteenth Century Alexandria / Georg Christ.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Trajectories of state formation across fifteenth-century Islamic West-Asia

ISBN:

9789004431300

9004431306

OCLC:

1154815630