Handbook of Rasulid Yemen (13th-15th Centuries CE).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varisco, Daniel Martin.

Series:

De Gruyter Handbook Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jāzim, Muḥammad 'Abd al-Raḥīm.

Diplomacy.

Yemen (Arab Republic).

Local Subjects:

Jāzim, Muḥammad 'Abd al-Raḥīm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive guide to the primary sources and scholarship on Yemen's Rasulid dynasty (13th-15th centuries CE).The Rasulids were rivals of the Egyptian Mamluks for influence in Mecca and control over the trade route through the Red Sea.

Contents:

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Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

Transliteration and Translation

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter One Geography: Defining the Rasulid Realm

Chapter Two Ayyubids, Rasulids, and Tahirids

Chapter Three Rasulid Sultans and Zaydi Imams: War (Mostly) and Peace (a Little) in Yemen during the

Chapter Four Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-'Umarī: A Fourteenth-Century Mamlūk View of the Rasulids

Chapter Five Hadiyya as Diplomacy: Gift Giving to and from the Rasulid Sultans of Yemen

Chapter Six Sailing with and Against the Winds: Ports, Ships, and Seasons in the Rasulid Era

Chapter Seven Not Your Average Raṭl: Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen

Appendix A: Rasulid Gazetteers of al-Malik al-Mujāhid and al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad

Appendix B: Common Commodities and Uncommon Oddities: Items Traded through the Port of Aden in the Rasulid Era

Appendix C: Texts Attributed to the Rasulid Sultans

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

9783111595078

OCLC:

1570555182