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The civilian elite of Cairo in the later Middle Ages /

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 distributi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Petry, Carl F., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The fifteenth century in the history of Cairo
  • Geographic origins of the civilian elite
  • Residence patterns of the civilian elite
  • Occupational patterns of the civilian elite
  • 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 Sūfīs and Copts
  • Appendix III. Glossary of occupational terms.