A Turning Point in Mamluk History

The Third Reign of Al-Nāsir Muḥammad Ibn Qalāwūn (1310-1341)
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-04-10182-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

'A Turning Point in Mamluk History' deals with the process of decline of the Mamluk state (1250-1517). Its main thesis is that the origins of this process are to be found in the third reign of al-NÄsir MuhÌ£ammad Ibn QalÄwÅ«n, more specifically in the changes he effected in the Mamluk system.
The Mamluk army was the first to be confronted with these changes, whose impact on the social and political life of the Mamluk elite was already felt during al-NÄsir's own lifetime. The author follows their course of development to the end of autonomous Mamluk rule and reveals the transformation they wrought in the Mamluk code of values and political concepts.
A final chapter deals with the overall economic decline of the Mamluk state and establishes the link of its various causes—demographic decline, monetary crises, the collapse of agriculture and industry—with Mamluk government misrule. Here it is al-NÄsir's expenditure policy and its repercussions on the economy which reveal his reign as a point of no return.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levanoni, Amalia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Amalia Levanoni, Ph.D. (1990) in Islamic History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, teaches Medieval Islamic History at the Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa. Her publications deal extensively with Mamluk history, which is her special field of interest.