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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations, Transliteration, and Dates
Introduction
Chapter One. Encyclopedism in the Mamluk Empire
Definitions
Encyclopedias and Encyclopedism
Al-Nuwayrī among His Contemporaries
The Age of Encyclopedias and the Mongol Conquests
Scribal Culture and Practice
The Deserts of Adab
Conclusion
Chapter Two. Structures of Knowledge
The Shape of the Ultimate Ambition
Cross-References and Thematic Modularity
Mapping the Contents of the Ultimate Ambition
The Classical Adab Encyclopedia
Cosmography and Historiography
The Genesis of Encyclopedic Forms
Chapter Three. Sources of Knowledge
The Scholarly Milieu
The Sources of the Ultimate Ambition
Adab and Antiquarianism
Copia and Contradiction
Conclusion
Chapter Four. Encyclopedism and Empire
Scholars and Bureaucrats
Knowledge and the State
The Perfect Scribe
Al-Nuwayrī at the Bureau of the Privy Purse
Between the Chancery and the Financial Administration
Conclusion
Chapter Five. Working Methods
A Master Copyist
The Art of Copying
The Ultimate Ambition’s Autograph Manuscripts
Composition Schedule
Calligraphic Scripts
An Important Ḥadīth Manuscript in al-Nuwayrī’s Hand?
Conclusion
Chapter Six. The Reception of the Ultimate Ambition
The Islamic Reception
The European Reception
Epilogue
Appendix A. The Contents of the Ultimate Ambition
Appendix B. A Guide to the Ultimate Ambition’s Editions and Chapter Word Counts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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