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• Select Imperial strategy and political exigency: the Red Sea spice trade and the Mamluk Sultanate in the fifteenth century

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  Imperial strategy and political exigency: the Red Sea spice trade and the Mamluk Sultanate in the fifteenth century

  Author:John L. MeloyFrom:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Vol. 123, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 200311,539 words Article INTRODUCTION A salient issue in Mamluk history of the fifteenth century A.D./ninth century A.H. is the relationship of economic conditions to the formulation of the Sultanate's policies. In a landmark study, "England...
• Select Did Chinggis Khan have a Jewish teacher? An examination of an early fourteenth-century Arabic text

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  Did Chinggis Khan have a Jewish teacher? An examination of an early fourteenth-century Arabic text

  Author:Reuven AmitaiFrom:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Vol. 124, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20049,402 words Article 1630LThe answer to the question posed in the title of this article is no, or rather: no, at least as far as we are aware of at this time. My hope here, however, is not to attract the reader's attention with a catchy but...
• Select Speaking truth to powerful friends and foes: Genoese merchants and the Mamluks in Decameron 2.9

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  Speaking truth to powerful friends and foes: Genoese merchants and the Mamluks in Decameron 2.9

  Author:Karina F. AttarFrom:Annali d'Italianistica (Vol. 34) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20168,567 words Critical essay 1810LThis article investigates the documented commercial and diplomatic activities of the Genoese Segurano Salvaygo as a possible additional source for Decameron 2.9, the tale of Zinevra. Extant evidence about Segurano...
• Select The Amir Yalbugh[a.bar] al-Kh[a.bar]ssak[i.bar], the Qal[a.bar]w[u.bar]nid sultanate, and the cultural matrix of Maml[u.bar]k society: a reassessment of Maml[u.bar]k politics in the 1360s

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  The Amir Yalbugh[a.bar] al-Kh[a.bar]ssak[i.bar], the Qal[a.bar]w[u.bar]nid sultanate, and the cultural matrix of Maml[u.bar]k society: a reassessment of Maml[u.bar]k politics in the 1360s

  Author:Jo Van SteenbergenFrom:The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Vol. 131, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 201112,073 words Essay 1910LEver since the dawn of studies on the Syro-Egyptian Maml[u.bar]k sultanate (1260-1517), the senior military commander, or amir, Yalbugh[a.bar] al-Kh[a.bar]ssak[i.bar] (d. 768/1366) has been recognized as a key player on...
• Select Was Cyprus a Mamluk protectorate? Mamluk policies toward Cyprus between 1426 and 1517

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  Was Cyprus a Mamluk protectorate? Mamluk policies toward Cyprus between 1426 and 1517

  Author:Albrecht FuessFrom:Journal of Cyprus Studies (Vol. 11, Issue 28-29) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20056,726 words Article 1650LAbstract This paper examines the policies of the Mamluk Empire toward the Kingdom of Cyprus during the years 1426-1517 and explains the relations possible between a Muslim Empire and a post-Crusader Christian...