From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond : Studies of the Later Islamic Middle Period in Honor of Linda Stevens Northrup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banister, Mustafa.

Series:

Islamic History and Civilization Series

Islamic History and Civilization Series ; v.228

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northrup, Linda S.

Mamluk . . .

Islamic civilization.

Local Subjects:

Northrup, Linda S.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (603 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond is a collection of essays dedicated to the esteemed Middle East historian Linda S.Northrup.It presents thirteen original contributions organized into four sections, authored by international scholars from diverse fields such as pre-modern history, architecture, and Middle Eastern studies.

Contents:

Front Cover

‎Half-Title Page

‎Series Title Page

‎Title Page

‎Copyright Page

‎Contents

‎Acknowledgments

‎Figures

‎Notes on Transliteration and Style

‎Abbreviations

‎Notes on Contributors

‎Professor Linda S. Northrup

‎Bibliography of Linda S. Northrup's Works

‎Introduction (Banister and Ragheb)

‎Part 1. History and Historiography in the Crusading and Ayyūbid Periods (Sixth/Twelfth and Seventh/Thirteenth Centuries)

‎Chapter 1. "No People Will Prosper Who Appoint a Woman to Rule over Them" (Christie)

‎Chapter 2. The Early Military Experience of ʿImād al-Dīn Zengi against the Franks in Syria (Ragheb)

‎Chapter 3. The Second Crusade's Siege of Damascus and the Ruin of al-Farādīs (Nicolle)

‎Chapter 4. Ibn al-Athīr the Chronicler and His Social Network (Smarandache)

‎Part 2. History and Historiography of the "Mamlūk" Sultanate of Cairo (Late Seventh/Thirteenth to Early Tenth/Sixteenth Centuries)

‎Chapter 5. Mamlūk Siege Warfare against the Franks in Syria (Amitai)

‎Chapter 6. Maqriziana XVII: Al-Maqrīzī, Ibn Ḥajar, and the Man Who Pretended To Be the Sufyānī (Bauden)

‎Chapter 7. The Politics of the Ḥajj (Dekkiche and Van Steenbergen)

‎Chapter 8. A Custody Dispute between a Ḥabashī Slave and Her Jewish Owner in Late Mamlūk Egypt (Petry)

‎Part 3. Late Medieval Islamic Science, Medicine, and Philosophy

‎Chapter 9. Medical Discussions on Lovesickness (ʿIshq) during the Postclassical Period (Fancy)

‎Chapter 10. Dietary Warnings and Commandments in the Medical Discourse of the Mamlūk Near East (7th/13th to 10th/16th Centuries) (Lewicka)

‎Part 4. Urban History and Material Culture

‎Chapter 11. Making Syria Mamlūk (Rabbat)

‎Chapter 12. Keeping up with the ʿAbbāsids (Banister)

‎Chapter 13. Examples of Mamlūk-Inscribed Salvers from Ethiopian Churches (Gervers and Abou-Khatwa).

‎Index of Quranic References

‎General Index

Back Cover.

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Print version: Banister, Mustafa From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond

ISBN:

9789004742574

OCLC:

1593996887