Managing Paperwork in Mamluk Cairo : Archives, Waqf and Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Daisy.

Series:

Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waqf.

Archives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Offers the first book-length study of archiving in the Cairo sultanate.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration, Terminology and Dates

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Transcending the 'Archive Problem'

1 The Relationship between Waqf Endowments and Archiving

Part I Notaries, Qadis and Document Production

2 The Document as Archive

3 A Mass of Documentation

Part II The Waqf Archive

4 The Waqf Archive of Sultan al-Ghawrī

5 The Life of a Waqf Archive

Part III A Late-Mamluk Archival Landscape

6 The Dynamics of Private Property Archiving

7 Accumulating Documents across the Mamluk Capital

Closing Remarks

Appendix 1 List of Documents in al-Ghawrī's Waqf Archive

Appendix 2 List of Documents in the Qaraite Corpus

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4744-9229-0

OCLC:

1520470590