The Civilian Elite of Cairo In The Later Middle Ages
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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.
Hardback. Princeton University Press
Hardback. Princeton University Press