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 distributi...

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Main Author: Petry, Carl F., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social classes.
Professions.
Elite (Social sciences)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Professions liberales > Égypte > Histoire.
Classes sociales > Égypte > Histoire.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Égypte > Le Caire > Histoire.
Professions > Egypt > History.
Social classes > Egypt > History.
Elite (Social sciences) > Egypt > Cairo > History.
Egypt > Cairo.
Egypt.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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