The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261-1517 : Out of the Shadows / Mustafa Banister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banister, Mustafa, Author.

Series:

Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbasids--History.

Abbasids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.) : 10 B/W illustrations 3 B/W tables

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores and analyses the Abbasid Caliphate as it was re-imagined in late medieval CairoPresents different types of source material – jurisprudential, historiographical and documentary – which speak about topics in turn, resulting in a highly nuanced image of the Abbasid Caliphate of CairoIncludes multiple passages of previously unpublished material in translation including biographical literature, investiture documents and epigraphical evidenceExplores a variety of textual dimensions of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo based on narrative, prescriptive and documentary sourcesMustafa Banister presents a thorough investigation of a forgotten dynasty: the Cairene descendants of the Abbasid family. He uncovers the public and private lives of the 18 men invested as caliphs during the period of ‘Mamluk’ rule in Egypt and Syria (1250–1517) and reveals a nuanced understanding of the Abbasid Caliphate according to elite members of Syro-Egyptian society. In doing so, he addresses the function of the caliph and his office amidst the breakdown and recreation of each new socio-political order of the sultanate.Banister examines the uniquely Cairene context of the idea and institution of the caliphate, including how it was socially and textually performed in the late medieval sultanate of Cairo.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures, Maps and Genealogical Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE A History of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo

1 The Origins and Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphs in Cairo, 659–701/1261–1302

2 The Qalawunids and the Caliphate, 701–63/1302–63

3 Flirtations with Power and Political Intrigue, 763–815/1362–1412

4 Containing and Maintaining the Caliphate, 815–903/1412–97

5 The Last Abbasids of Cairo, 903–22/1497–1517

PART TWO The Legal, Historiographical and Chancery Dimensions of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo

6 Normative Perspectives on the Caliphate of Cairo: Jurisprudential, Advice and Courtly Literature

7 The Cairo Caliphate in Medieval Arabic Historiographical Literature

8 Caliphal Investiture Documents and the Ideality of a Cairo Caliphate

9 Beyond the Throne of the Caliphate: Analysing Caliphal Documents

10 Re-constructing a Nuanced Caliphate

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)

ISBN:

1-4744-5339-2

OCLC:

1312727056