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The Civilian Elite of Cairo in the Later Middle Ages / Carl F. Petry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 687Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1982Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (502 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691614557
  • 9781400856411
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.52
LOC classification:
  • HN786.C3 -- P48 1981eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Chart -- List of Lists in Appendix II -- List of Regional Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Methodology and Transliteration -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIRO -- CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER V. A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES -- APPENDIX I. A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS -- APPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Şūfīs AND COPTS -- APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter
Summary: This pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631 individuals drawn from two fifteenth-century biographical dictionaries, Carl Petry explores the geographic origins of the civilian elite (the 'ulama') and the distribution of their residences and places of work in Cairo.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Chart -- List of Lists in Appendix II -- List of Regional Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Methodology and Transliteration -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIRO -- CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER V. A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES -- APPENDIX I. A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS -- APPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Şūfīs AND COPTS -- APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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This pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631 individuals drawn from two fifteenth-century biographical dictionaries, Carl Petry explores the geographic origins of the civilian elite (the 'ulama') and the distribution of their residences and places of work in Cairo.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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