Conermann Everything is on the Move

The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (Trans-)Regional Networks
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0274-1
Verlag: V&R unipress
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 007, 353 Seiten

Reihe: Mamluk Studies

In this volume, we try to understand the 'Mamluk Empire' not as a confined space but as a region where several nodes of different networks existed side-by-side and at the same time. In our opinion, these networks constitute to a great extent the core of the so-called Mamluk society; they form the basis of the social order. Following, in part, concepts refined in the New Area Studies, recent reflections about the phenomenon of the 'Empire - State', trajectories in today's Global History, and the spatial turn in modern historiography, we intend to identify a number of physical and cognitive networks with one or more nodes in Mamluk-controlled territories. In addition to this, one of the most important analytical questions would be to define the role of these networks in Mamluk society.

Prof Dr Stephan Conermann teaches the History of the Islamicate World at the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conermann, Stephan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: Neuzeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Introduction;7
5;Body;7
6;Stephan Conermann (Bonn): Networks and Nodes in Mamluk Times: some introductory remarks;9
6.1;Starting out with global history;9
6.1.1;Key texts;11
6.2;Networks;12
6.2.1;Key texts;14
6.3;Egocentric Networks;16
6.3.1;Key texts;18
6.4;Mental Networks: Travelling Concepts and Actor-Network-Theory;19
6.4.1;Key texts;21
6.5;Outlook: Connectivity in Motion;23
7;Global Context;25
8;Georg Christ (Manchester): Beyond the Network – Connectors of Networks: Venetian Agents in Cairo and Venetian News Management;27
8.1;Introduction;27
8.2;Case Study: Angelo Michiel qd. Luca;35
8.3;Letters and Red Sea Intelligence;39
8.4;Consular News Management and Intelligence Integration;43
8.5;Michiel's Personal Business;45
8.6;Conclusion;49
8.7;Bibliography;53
8.7.1;Sources;53
8.7.1.1;Archival sources;53
8.7.1.2;Printed sources;54
8.7.1.3;Map;54
8.7.2;Studies;55
9;Yehoshua Frenkel (Haifa): The Mamluks among the Nations: A Medieval Sultanate in its Global Context;61
9.1;Introduction;61
9.1.1;1. The tree of Mankind;62
9.2;Turkic Past: “The Epic of Dede Korkut”;64
9.3;Tamgha;66
9.3.1;2. Turkic in Mamluk Courts;67
9.3.2;3. Mythological Persona: Iskandar and Baybars;70
9.3.3;4. Topographical Continuum: Shrines and Local Rituals;72
9.4;Summary;73
9.5;Bibliography;75
9.5.1;Primary sources;75
9.5.2;Secondary sources;77
10;Networks;81
11;Henning Sievert (Bonn/Zürich): Family, friend or foe? Factions, households and interpersonal relations in Mamluk Egypt and Syria;83
11.1;1. Introduction;83
11.1.1;1.1. Social Networks;85
11.1.2;1.2. Sources;87
11.2;2. Types of relations;89
11.2.1;2.1. Ascribed relations of kinship;90
11.2.2;2.2. Ascribed relations of common origin;94
11.2.3;2.3. Acquired relations of patronage and friendship;96
11.2.4;2.4. Interim result: Mamluk relations;99
11.3;3. Households and Factions;100
11.3.1;3.1. Households;100
11.3.2;3.2. Mamluk households between kinship and patronage;101
11.3.3;3.3. Factions;105
11.3.3.1;3.3.1. Group parties;105
11.3.3.2;3.3.2. Patronage factions;107
11.3.4;3.4. Interim result: households, parties, factions;109
11.4;4. Succession struggles;109
11.4.1;4.1. Stand-in sultans and regents;109
11.4.2;4.2. Restricted violence;112
11.4.3;4.3. The gulban;113
11.4.4;4.4. Interim result: Circassian Succession;116
11.4.5;4.5. Excursus: emirs and cardinals;117
11.5;5. Conclusion;118
11.6;Bibliography;119
11.6.1;Sources;119
11.6.2;Literature;120
12;Johannes Pahlitzsch (Mainz): Networks of Greek Orthodox Monks and Clerics between Byzantium and Mamluk Syria and Egypt;127
12.1;(a) Ways and Modes;129
12.1.1;1: Embassies;129
12.1.2;2: Letters;133
12.1.3;3: Exchange of manuscripts;135
12.1.4;4: Individual travelling;136
12.2;(b) Context and Content;138
12.3;Bibliography of Works Cited;140
12.3.1;Printed Sources;140
12.3.2;Secondary Works;141
13;Michael Winter (Tel Aviv): Sufism in the Mamluk Empire (and in early Ottoman Egypt and Syria) as a focus for religious, intellectual and social networks;145
13.1;Introduction;145
13.2;Sufism in Egypt in the Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods;148
13.3;.Ali b. Maymun and Ibrahim al-Matbuli (and a-.a.rani): Two Sufi Networks;151
13.4;The Sufi network in late Mamluk Syria;151
13.5;The orthodox Sufi network in late Mamluk and early Ottoman Egypt;156
13.6;Similar and different features of the two networks;160
13.7;A concluding note;162
13.8;Select Bibliography;162
13.8.1;Primary literary sources;163
13.8.2;Secondary sources, monographs;163
13.8.3;Secondary sources, chapters and articles;164
14;Carl F. Petry (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL): “Travel Patterns of Medieval Notables in the Near East” Reconsidered: contrasting trajectories, interconnected networks;165
14.1;1. Motive: rationale for selection of the following biographies as case studies;165
14.2;2. Methodology: definitions and challenges;166
14.3;3. Cosmopolitan connections: reconstructing a mystic's interaction with foreign Sufi networks;167
14.4;4. Al-Mi.ri’s embodiment of mystic cosmopolitanism;168
14.5;5. Covert criminality within an overt mercantile network: the espionage trial of Nur ad-Din at-Tabrizi;170
14.6;6. Conflicting testimonials, probable networks;173
14.7;7. Discerning the networks relative to these preceding cases and contrasting their plausibility;175
14.8;8. Conclusion;177
14.9;Bibliography;178
14.9.1;Sources;178
14.9.2;Literature;178
15;Miriam Kühn (Berlin): “Stars, they come and go, […] and all you see is glory” – minbars as Emblems of Political Power in Intra-Mamluk Strife;181
15.1;1. State of Research;182
15.2;2. Minbars – a Distinct Group of Artefacts;183
15.3;3. Social Network: the Patrons;188
15.4;4. Minbars as Emblems of Power;192
15.4.1;4.1 Pre-Mamluk minbars;192
15.4.2;4.2 Mamluk minbars;193
15.4.2.1;4.2.1 Challenging the Sultan's Prerogatives;194
15.4.2.2;4.2.2 Minbars as means of distinction regarding other members of the Mamluk ruling elite;197
15.5;Conclusion;198
15.6;Bibliography;199
16;Ego-Networks;203
17;Thomas Bauer (Münster): How to Create a Network: Zaynaddin al-A.ari and his Muqarri.un;205
17.1;1. Introduction;205
17.2;2. Zaynaddin al-A.ari (765–828/1364–1425);205
17.3;3. Debut-Taqari.;207
17.4;4. Structure and style of taqari.;208
17.5;5. Al-A.ari’s muqarri.un;212
17.6;6. From Ibn ad-Damamini to al-A.ari;217
17.7;7. Conclusion;219
17.8;Bibliography;220
17.8.1;Primary Sources;220
17.8.2;Secondary Sources;221
18;Mohammad Gharaibeh (Bonn): Brokerage and Interpersonal Relationships in Scholarly Networks. Ibn .agar al-.Asqalani and His Early Academic Career;223
18.1;1. Introduction;223
18.2;2. Theoretical and methodological considerations;224
18.2.1;2.1. Network analysis and historical studies;224
18.2.2;2.2. Social structure, interpersonal relations and status;227
18.2.3;2.3. The example of Ibn .agar al-.Asqalani;230
18.2.4;2.4. Sources;232
18.2.5;2.5. Types of relations;232
18.2.5.1;Kinship ties;232
18.2.5.2;Friendship ties;233
18.2.5.3;Patronage ties;233
18.2.5.4;Educational ties;233
18.3;3. Igazat a.-.ifl and the power of brokerage;234
18.3.1;3.1. Brokerage;235
18.3.2;3.2. Al-Wali A.mad Ibn al-.Iraqi: a successful matchmaking brokerage;236
18.3.3;3.3. Al-Galal .Abd ar-Ra.man al-Bulqini – kinship relations and the power of patronage;238
18.3.4;3.4. Ibn .agar and the asymmetric threat of excluding the third;242
18.3.5;3.5. The .abaqat-status of al-Wali, al-Galal and Ibn .agar depending on their child-igazat;246
18.3.6;3.6. Concluding notes;250
18.4;4. Interpersonal relations between teachers and students;251
18.4.1;4.1. Status and knowledge expertise;252
18.4.1.1;Student’s mulazama;253
18.4.1.2;Service of t..rig;253
18.4.1.3;Teacher’s advice (na.i.a, iara);255
18.4.1.4;Taqri. (blurbs);258
18.4.1.5;The permission to teach and to give fatwa (igazat at-tadris wa-igazat al-ifta.) and the praise of the teacher (al-mad. wa--ahada);259
18.5;5. Results and conclusion;261
18.6;Bibliography;263
18.6.1;Primary sources;263
18.6.2;Secondary sources;263
19;Mental Networks: Travelling Concepts–Actor-Network-Theory;267
20;Albrecht Fuess (Marburg): Ottoman Gazwah – Mamluk Gihad. Two Arms on the Same Body?;269
20.1;Introduction;269
20.1.1;Mamluk gihad;271
20.1.2;Ottoman Gazwa;275
20.1.3;The use of gazwa and gihad in a joint Mamluk and Ottoman perspective;278
20.1.4;Outlook: Ottoman Gazi concept after the Mamluks;280
20.2;Conclusion;281
21;Torsten Wollina (Beirut): News and Rumor – local sources of knowledge about the world;283
21.1;What is a rumor?;286
21.2;Mamluk news and Mamluk rumor;289
21.3;Case Studies;293
21.3.1;Case 1: The flight of the Ottoman prince Cem;294
21.3.2;Case study 2: A cold war in 904?;300
21.4;Conclusions;303
21.5;Bibliography;307
21.5.1;Primary Sources;307
21.5.2;Secondary Sources;307
22;Richard McGregor (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee): Networks, Processions, and the Disruptive Display of Religion;311
22.1;Bibliography;322
22.1.1;A Sources;322
22.1.2;B Studies;323
23;Bethany J. Walker (Bonn): Mobility and Migration in Mamluk Syria: The Dynamism of Villagers `on the Move';325
23.1;Introduction;325
23.2;On “liquid landscapes” and normative patterns of migration;325
23.3;A network analysis of migration in Mamluk Syria – a demographic and geographical approach;327
23.4;Rural mobility and the state – three case studies;330
23.5;I Normative mobility – personal networks;331
23.6;II Limited mobility – economic networks;335
23.7;III Whole-scale mobility (migration) – networks of landscape;337
23.7.1;Migration pattern #1 – population dispersal from the “mega-villages”;340
23.7.2;Migration pattern #2 – change of place within a space;341
23.7.3;Migration pattern #3 – leaving “home” for good;343
23.8;Conclusions;344
23.9;Bibliography;345
23.9.1;Primary sources;345
23.9.2;Secondary studies;346
24;Authors;349

Über Autor(innen)

Conermann, Stephan
Prof Dr Stephan Conermann teaches the History of the Islamicate World at the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn.