Appendix C: Texts Attributed to the Rasulid Sultans

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Dedication V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Contents IX
5. Abbreviations XI
6. Transliteration and Translation XII
7. List of Illustrations XIII
8. Introduction 1
9. Chapter One Geography: Defining the Rasulid Realm 29
10. Chapter Two Ayyubids, Rasulids, and Tahirids 53
11. Chapter Three Rasulid Sultans and Zaydi Imams: War (Mostly) and Peace (a Little) in Yemen during the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries 121
12. Chapter Four Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-‘Umarī: A Fourteenth-Century Mamlūk View of the Rasulids 141
13. Chapter Five Hadiyya as Diplomacy: Gift Giving to and from the Rasulid Sultans of Yemen 156
14. Chapter Six Sailing with and Against the Winds: Ports, Ships, and Seasons in the Rasulid Era 220
15. Chapter Seven Not Your Average Raṭl: Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen 272
16. Appendix A: Rasulid Gazetteers of al-Malik al-Mujāhid and al-Malik al-Mu’ayyad 349
17. Appendix B: Common Commodities and Uncommon Oddities: Items Traded through the Port of Aden in the Rasulid Era 356
18. Appendix C: Texts Attributed to the Rasulid Sultans 364
19. Bibliography 369
20. Index 407