


Patterns of urban patronage in Cairo: a comparison between the Mamluk and the Ottoman periods Doris Behrens-Abouseif The residential districts of Cairo's elite in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries) Andre Raymond Mamluk Property, Geography and Urban Society: 14. Cultural life in Mamluk households (late Ottoman period) Nelly Hanna Concepts of history as reflected in Arabic historiographical writing in Ottoman Syria and Egypt (1517-1700) Otfried Weintritt The late triumph of the Persian bow: critical voices on the Mamluk monopoly of weaponry Ulrich Haarmann The Mamluks as Muslims: the military elite and the construction of Islam in medieval Egypt Jonathan P. Mamluk astronomy and the institution of the Muwaqqit David A. Mamluk Culture, Science and Education: 9. The Mamluk beylicate of Egypt in the last decades before its destruction by Muhammad 'Ali Pasha in 1811 Daniel Crecelius Personal loyalty and political power of the Mamluks in the eighteenth century Thomas Philipp 'Mamluk households' and 'Mamluk factions' in Ottoman Egypt: a reconsideration Jane Hathaway The re-emergence of the Mamluks following the Ottoman conquest Michael Winter Mamluk Households: Coherence and Disintegration: 5. Joseph's law - the careers and activities of Mamluk descendants before the Ottoman conquest of Egypt Ulrich Haarmann Mamluk amirs and their families and households Donald S. Rank-and-file Mamluks versus amirs: new norms in the Mamluk military institution Amalia Levanoni

Literary offerings: a genre of courtly literature P. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
