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- |
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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 |
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