‎Contents

‎List of Illustrations

‎List of Plates

‎Abbreviations

‎Acknowledgements

‎Introduction

‎Part 1. Study—The Cultural Biography of a Fifteenth-Century Literary Text

‎Chapter 1. Contexts: Introducing the ḥaǧǧ, al-Maqrīzī, and al-Ḏahab al-masbūk (Seventh – Fifteenth Centuries)

‎1. The ḥaǧǧ Ritual: Forms, Function, and Religious Meanings

‎2. Pilgriming Rulers and the ḥaǧǧ’s Political Meanings in Islamic History

‎3. Cairo Sultans, Meccan Sharifs, and the Late Medieval ḥaǧǧ

‎4. Military Commanders and Religious Scholars between Late Medieval Mecca and Cairo

‎5. Introducing a Scholar between Late Medieval Cairo, Damascus, and Mecca

‎6. Contextualising al-Maqrīzī’s Authorship

‎7. Contextualising al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḏahab al-masbūk

‎Chapter 2. Texts: al-Ḏahab al-masbūk between Narratives, Stories, and Meanings

‎1. The ḥaǧǧ in Arabic Writing and Literature: Between fiqh and tārīḫ

‎2. Introducing al-Ḏahab al-masbūk: Prophet, Caliphs, and Kings between Narratives and Stories

‎3. The Sources of al-Ḏahab al-masbūk: Between ḫabar and tarǧamah

‎4. The Meanings of al-Ḏahab al-masbūk: Between Author and Ruler

‎Chapter 3. Production, Reproduction, and Consumption: al-Ḏahab al-masbūk’s Life and Times (Fifteenth – Twentieth Centuries)

‎1. Producing al-Ḏahab al-masbūk (821–841/1418–1438)

‎2. Reproducing al-Ḏahab al-masbūk (Sixteenth – Twentieth Centuries)

‎3. Consuming al-Ḏahab al-masbūk: From Memory to History

‎Map, Plates and Tables

‎Part 2. Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḏahab al-masbūk fī ḏikr man ḥaǧǧa min al-ḫulafāʾ wa-l-mulūk

‎Introduction

‎Abbreviations and Symbols

‎Edition and Translation of al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḏahab al-masbūk [fī ḏikr man ḥaǧǧa min al-ḫulafāʾ wa-l-mulūk] ‮‮كتاب الذهب المسبوك‬‎ [‮في ذكر من حج من الخلفاء والملوك‬‎]‬‎ The Book of Gold Moulded [in the Format of the Report of Those Caliphs and Kings Who Performed the Ḥaǧǧ]

‎Bibliography

‎List of Quoted Manuscripts

‎Index of Qurʾānic Verses

‎Index of Prophetic Traditions

‎Index of Verses

‎Index of Names (People and Places)

‎Index of Quoted Titles in al-Ḏahab al-masbūk

‎Index of Sources in al-Ḏahab al-masbūk

‎Facsimile of MS Or. 560 (Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek), fols. 115b–135a