This book contributes to the history of medieval Jewry in general, as a basis for a comparative study of the position of the Jews in Christian Europe in the Late Middle Ages. The eight articles written by leading experts on this topic pay special attention to the following issues: the measure of tolerance of the Mamluk rulers and the Muslim populace toward the Jews; Jews in government positions and as court physicians; conversion and attitudes toward converted Jews; the Sufi (mystical) nature of Jewish leadership and its relation to the Sufi Islamic discourse; professional, intellectual, and legal interactions between Jews and Muslims. In the end, the contributions help us to sharpen our understanding of Jewish life during the Middle Islamic Period in the Near East.
State formation and the structure of politics in Mamluk Syro-Egypt, 648–741 A.H./1250–1340 C.E.
Winslow Williams Clifford
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Everything is on the Move : The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (Trans-)Regional Networks
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The Rise and Fall of a Muslim Regiment : The Manṣūriyya in the First Mamluk Sultanate, 678/1279–741/1341
Amir Mazor
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History and Society during the Mamluk Period (1250–1517) : Studies of the Annemarie Schimmel Institute for Advanced Study II
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Mamluk Historiography Revisited – Narratological Perspectives
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The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History : Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing International Interaction and Competition
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Islamic Philosophy from the 12th to the 14th Century
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Domestic Slavery in Syria and Egypt, 1200–1500
Jan Hinrich Hagedorn
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Living with Nature and Things : Contributions to a New Social History of the Middle Islamic Periods
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History and Society during the Mamluk Period (1250–1517) : Studies of the Annemarie Schimmel Institute for Advanced Study III
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Studies on the History and Culture of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)
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