Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

The Bibliography of Abraham L. Udovitch

Preface Roxani Eleni Margariti, Adam Sabra and Petra M. Sijpesteijn

1 Introduction Mark R. Cohen

2 “There Are ‘ulamā’, and Then There Are ‘ulamā’ ”: MinorReligious Institutions and Minor Religious Functionariesin Medieval Cairo Jonathan P. Berkey

3 The Arabian Silent Trade: Profit and Nobility in the“Markets of the Arabs” Michael Bonner

4 Ringing Bells in afid Tunis: Religious Concessions toChristian Fondacos in the Later Thirteenth Century Olivia Remie Constable

5 An Overview of the Slaves’ Juridical Status at Sea inRomano-Byzantine, and Islamic Laws Hassan S. Khalilieh

6 Maritime Cityscapes: Lessons from Real and ImaginedTopo graphies of Western Indian Ocean Ports Roxani Eleni Margariti

7 Demonizing Zenobia: The Legend of al-Zabbā inIslamic Sources David S. Powers

8 The View from the South: The Maps of the Book ofCuriosities and the Commercial Revolution of theEleventh Century Yossef Rapoport

9 From Artisan to Courtier: Sufism and Social Mobility inFifteenth-Century Egypt Adam Sabra

10 Mini-Dramas by the Water: On Irrigation Rights andDisputes in Fifteenth-Century Damascus Boaz Shoshan

11 Army Economics: An Early Papyrus Letter Related to Aā’Payments Petra M. Sijpesteijn

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