Al-ʿAynī and his fellow historians : questioning the discursive position of a historian in the academic field in the Cairo Sultanate [PDF]
, 2021 Clément Onimus’s chapter “Al-ʿAynī and his fellow historians” aims to define the social position of the 15th-century scholar al-ʿAynī through the histori- ographical writings of his contemporaries and students.
Onimus, Clement
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New readings in Arabic historiography from late medieval Egypt and Syria : proceedings of the themed day of the Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies [PDF]
, 2021 The present volume contributes to research on historic Arabic texts from late medieval Egypt and Syria. Departing from dominant understandings of these texts through the prisms of authenticity and “literarization,” it engages with questions of textual ...
Termonia, Maya, Van Steenbergen, Jo
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Fifteenth-century Arabic historiography : introducing a new research agenda for authors, texts and contexts [PDF]
, 2020 The Arabo-Islamic world of the later medieval period (thirteenth–sixteenth centuries) witnessed substantial transformations in the writing and reading of Arabic literary texts.
Banister, Mustafa +4 more
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Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia [PDF]
, 2020 Constructed around seven extensively contextualized case studies, Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia offers a critical trans-dynastic understanding of the socio-political histories and historiographies of the ...
Van Steenbergen, Jo
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Truth and politics in Late Medieval Arabic historiography : the formation of Sultan Barsbāy’s State (1422‒1438) and the narratives of the Amir Qurqumās al-Shaʿbānī (d. 1438) [PDF]
, 2018 Throughout al-Ashraf Barsbāy’s reign as sultan of Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1422‒1438), one of the main performers and representatives of his expand- ing authority and power was the amir Qurqumās al-Shaʿbānī (d. 1438).
Van Nieuwenhuyse, Stijn +1 more
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Literary spectacles of sultanship: historiography, the chancery, and social practice in late medieval Egypt [PDF]
, 2023 The so-called Mamluk sultans who ruled Egypt and Syria between the late thirteenth and early sixteenth centuries AD have often been portrayed as lacking in legitimacy due to their background as slave soldiers.
Van den Bossche, Gowaart
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Mamlūk Studies Review, Vol. XXV (2022) [PDF]
, 2023 The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria, 1250 ...
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How to make it in Cairo : the early career of Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī [PDF]
, 2020 How it all went wrong for Burhān al-Dīn al-Biqāʿī (809–85/1406–80), a fifteenth-century Quran exegete and historian active in Cairo, has been well covered.
Goudie, Kenneth
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Natural Disasters in Mamlūk Egypt (1250-1517): Perceptions, Interpretations and Human Responses. [PDF]
, 2014 This thesis examines the socio-cultural history of “natural” disasters such as earthquakes, floods and droughts in Egypt during the Mamlūk era (1250-1517).
Chalyan-Daffner, Kristine
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Louis IX in Medieval Arabic Sources:The Saint, the King, and the Sicilian Connection [PDF]
, 2016 This article examines the portrayal of Louis IX in medieval Arabic historiography to show the importance of cross-cultural Mediterranean interaction.
El-Merheb, Mohamad
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