Protectors or praetorians? : the last Mamluk sultans and Egypt's waning as a great power /

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Author / Creator:Petry, Carl F., 1943-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.
Description:xv, 280 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in medieval Middle East history
Subject:Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517
Egypt.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1682054
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ISBN:0791421392 : $59.50
0791421406 (pbk.) : $19.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Maps
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Reigns of al-Ashraf Qaytbay and Qansuh al-Ghawri
  • 3. Beleaguered Bulwark: The Mamluk State and International Politics
  • 4. The Mamluk Institution: A Victim of Success
  • 5. Economic Dilemmas: Heightened Demand, Static Resources
  • 6. Coping with Crisis: Overt Inertia
  • 7. Surmounting Crisis: Covert Innovation
  • 8. Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • Works Cited
  • Index