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Muslim cities in the later Middle Ages

Lapidus, Ira M. (Ira Marvin)

Year: 1967.

Publisher: Harvard University Press.

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Frontmatter

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I A HISTORY OF CITIES IN THE MAMLUK EMPIRE

The Pacification of Syria: 1260-I317

Prosperity and Security: The Fourteenth Century

The Time of Troubles: 1388-1422

The Fifteenth Century Restoration: 1422-1470

The Fall of the Mamluk Empire: 1470-1517

CHAPTER II THE MAMLUK REGIME IN THE LIFE OF THE CITIES

The State and the Privatization of Power

The Economic Powers of the Mamluk Household

Controls over Property, Labor, and Materials

The Emirs in the Functioning of the Urban Community

Conclusion

CHAPTER III THE URBAN SOCIETY

The Classes of the Population

The Organization of the Quarters

The Organization of Economic Life

Fraternal Associations on the Margin of Society

The Ulama and the Formation of an Urban Society

Conclusion

CHAPTER IV THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: THE MAMLUK STATE AND THE URBAN NOTABLES

The Merchants

The Ulama

Conclusion

CHAPTER V THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: THE COMMON PEOPLE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND IMPOTENCE

Economic Grievances and the Protests of the Common People

The Roles of the Damascus Zuar

Mamluk Controls over Popular Military Actions

The Control of Lumpenproletarian Violence

Conclusion

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION: SOCIETY AND POLITY IN MEDIEVAL MUSLIM CITIES

APPENDIX A WAQFS

APPENDIX B INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIRS - DAMASCUS

APPENDIX C INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIRS - ALEPPO

APPENDIX D KARIMI (MERCHANTS IN THE SPICE TRADE)

APPENDIX E TAJIR-KHAWAJA (MERCHANTS WITH OFFICIAL RANKING)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

INDEX

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Title:

Muslim cities in the later Middle Ages : by Ira Marvin Lapidus.

Author:

Lapidus, Ira M. (Ira Marvin)

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Muslim cities in the later Middle Ages : by Ira Marvin Lapidus.
Lapidus, Ira M. (Ira Marvin)
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967.

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• Cities and towns, Islamic -- Middle East
• Islamic Empire -- Social conditions

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