Winslow Williams Clifford is one of the few historians so far who have addressed the history and culture of the so-called Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517) on the basis of theoretical models. This volume is a posthumous publication of his doctoral thesis, submitted in 1995 at the University of Chicago. Through his skillful application of social theory, Clifford succeeded in providing highly convincing evidence that the Mamluk Sultanate did not – as was maintained for a long time – constitute a static form of "oriental despotism" but was, rather, a highly differentiated society. It was primarily based on compliance with a complex system of order that had established itself during the rule of the first sultans.
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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Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Islamic Period : Jews in the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanates (1171–1517)
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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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