The Civilian Elite of Cairo in the Later Middle Ages ：The Civilian Elite of Cairo in the Later Middle Ages ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle ：The Civilian Elite of Cairo in the Later Middle Ages

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Petry Carl F.;;;  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400856411

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691053295

Subject： K411.3 the history of the Middle Ages (640 - 1798)

Keyword： 社会科学理论与方法论

Language： ENG

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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.

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Chapter

Cover

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Chart

List of Lists in Appendix II

List of Regional Maps

List of Figures (Cairo Area Maps)

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Note on Methodology and Transliteration

Preface

Introduction

Collective Biography in the Islamic Historiographic Tradition

The Sources

I. The Fifteenth Century in the History of Cairo

The Mamluk Institution and Its Establishment in Egypt

The Administration of the Circassian Sultans

The Economic Condition of the Mamluk Empire

The International Scene Throughout the Islamic World

II. Geographic Origins of the Civilian Elite

Migration to Cairo from the Delta

Migration to Cairo from the Nile Valley (Al-Şa'īd)

Migration to Cairo from Syria-Palestine

Migration to Cairo from Iran

Migration to Cairo from Anatolia (Al-Rūm)

Sites of Origin in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula

Migration to Cairo from North Africa (Al-Maghrib)

Migration to Cairo from Other Areas of the Muslim World

Conclusions

Regional Maps

Tables 1 Through 10

III. Residence Patterns of the Civilian Elite

Methodology

Cairo as City and Metropolis During the Circassian Period

The Institutional Types

The Distribution of Geographic Groups

The Metropolis of Cairo

The Nile Delta

The Nile Valley

Syria-Palestine

The Iranian Areas

Anatolia

Iraq

North Africa: The Maghrib

The Arabian Peninsula

Conclusions on the Distribution of Geographic Groups

Figures 1 Through 8

IV. Occupational Patterns of the Civilian Elite

The Executive and Military Professions

The Bureaucratic (Secretarial-Financial) Professions

The Legal Professions

The Artisan and Commercial Professions

The Scholarly and Educational Professions

The Religious Functionaries

The Şūfī Mystics

The Copts

Figures 9 Through 27

Table 11

V. 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 Şūfīs and Copts

Appendix III. Glossary of Occupational Terms

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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