Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (478 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 1982
Series Statement:
Princeton legacy library
Parallel Title:
Print version Civilian elite of Cairo in the later Middle Ages
DDC:
305.5/2
Keywords:
Elite (Social sciences) History
;
Professions History
;
Social classes History
Abstract:
Main description: 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.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Description / Table of Contents:
FrontmatterTable of ContentsList of Tables and ChartList of Lists in Appendix IIList of Regional MapsList of FiguresList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNote on Methodology and TransliterationPrefaceINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIROCHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITECHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITECHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITECHAPTER V. A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESESAPPENDIX I. A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONSAPPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Şūfīs AND COPTSAPPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMSNOTESBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXBackmatter.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-447) and index
DOI:
10.1515/9781400856411
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