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The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261-1517
Out of the Shadows
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English
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2021
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Mustafa Banister presents a thorough investigation of a forgotten dynasty: the Cairene descendants of the Abbasid family. He uncovers the public and private lives of the 18 men invested as caliphs during the period of ‘Mamluk’ rule in Egypt and Syria (1250–1517) and reveals a nuanced understanding of the Abbasid Caliphate according to elite members of Syro-Egyptian society. In doing so, he addresses the function of the caliph and his office amidst the breakdown and recreation of each new socio-political order of the sultanate.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Figures, Maps and Genealogical Tables
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1 - PART ONE A History of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
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1 The Origins and Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphs in Cairo, 659–701/1261–1302
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2 The Qalawunids and the Caliphate, 701–63/1302–63
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3 Flirtations with Power and Political Intrigue, 763–815/1362–1412
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4 Containing and Maintaining the Caliphate, 815–903/1412–97
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5 The Last Abbasids of Cairo, 903–22/1497–1517
192 - PART TWO The Legal, Historiographical and Chancery Dimensions of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
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6 Normative Perspectives on the Caliphate of Cairo: Jurisprudential, Advice and Courtly Literature
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7 The Cairo Caliphate in Medieval Arabic Historiographical Literature
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8 Caliphal Investiture Documents and the Ideality of a Cairo Caliphate
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9 Beyond the Throne of the Caliphate: Analysing Caliphal Documents
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10 Re-constructing a Nuanced Caliphate
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Works Cited
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Index
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April 5, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9781474453394
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504
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Keywords for this book
Islamic Studies
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
