The civilian elite of Cairo in the later Middle Ages / Carl F. Petry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petry, Carl F., 1943- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Egypt--Cairo--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social classes--Egypt--History.

Social classes.

Professions--Egypt--History.

Professions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631 individuals drawn from two fifteenth-century biographical dictionaries, Carl Petry explores the geographic origins of the civilian elite (the 'ulama') and the distribution of their residences and places of work in Cairo.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Chart

List of Lists in Appendix II

List of Regional Maps

List of Figures

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Note on Methodology and Transliteration

Preface

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIRO

CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE

CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE

CHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE

CHAPTER V. A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES

APPENDIX I. A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS

APPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Şūfīs AND COPTS

APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 436-447.

ISBN:

0-691-64217-6

1-4008-5641-8

OCLC:

979594293