4 Containing and Maintaining the Caliphate, 815–903/1412–97

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures, Maps and Genealogical Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE A History of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
7. 1 The Origins and Establishment of the Abbasid Caliphs in Cairo, 659–701/1261–1302 17
8. 2 The Qalawunids and the Caliphate, 701–63/1302–63 60
9. 3 Flirtations with Power and Political Intrigue, 763–815/1362–1412 91
10. 4 Containing and Maintaining the Caliphate, 815–903/1412–97 141
11. 5 The Last Abbasids of Cairo, 903–22/1497–1517 192
12. PART TWO The Legal, Historiographical and Chancery Dimensions of the Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo
13. 6 Normative Perspectives on the Caliphate of Cairo: Jurisprudential, Advice and Courtly Literature 227
14. 7 The Cairo Caliphate in Medieval Arabic Historiographical Literature 276
15. 8 Caliphal Investiture Documents and the Ideality of a Cairo Caliphate 339
16. 9 Beyond the Throne of the Caliphate: Analysing Caliphal Documents 381
17. 10 Re-constructing a Nuanced Caliphate 421
18. Works Cited 448
19. Index 479