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isbn 978-90-04-34046-6 Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts covers thewide world of Islam, from its earliest appearance until pre-modern times, and from its western to its eastern boundaries. The series provides space for diachronic studiesof a dynasty or region, research into individual themes or issues, annotated translations and text editions, and conference proceedings related to Islamic history.

Yuval Ben-Bassat,

Ph.D. (2007), University of Chicago,

is senior lecturer at the Department of

Middle Eastern History, University of

Haifa. He has published extensively

on Greater Syria during the late

Ottoman period, including Petitioning

the Sultan: Protests and Justice in

Late Ottoman Palestine

(Tauris 2013).

Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History

Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni

Edited by

Yuval Ben-Bassat

The present volume contains seventeen essays onthe Mamluk Sultanate, an Islamic Empire of slaveswhose capital was in Cairo between the 13th and the16th centuries, written by leading historians of thisperiod. It discusses topics as varied as social andcultural issues, women in Mamluk society, literaryand poetical genres, the politics of material culture,and regional and local politics. The volume presentsstate of the art scholarship in the field of Mamlukstudies as well as an in-depth review of recentdevelopments. Mamluk studies have expanded considerably in recent years and today interestshundreds of active researchers worldwide who write in numerous languages and constitute a vividand strong community of researchers, some ofwhose best research is presented in this volume.

With contributions by Reuven Amitai; FrédéricBauden; Yuval Ben-Bassat; Joseph Drory; ÉliseFranssen; Yehoshua Frenkel; Li Guo; DaisukeIgarashi; Yaacov Lev; Bernadette Martel-Thoumian;Carl Petry; Warren Schultz; Boaz Shoshan; HanaTaragan; Bethany J. Walker; Michael Winter; KobyYosef; Limor Yungman.

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