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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION1
The period and its historiography
Notes on the authors and articles
Notes
A on the Destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols
Footnotes
Notes on the Arabic Materials for the History of the Early Crusades
I
II
Footnotes
The Influence of Chingiż-Khān’s Yāsa upon the General Organization of the Mamlūk State
1
2. The Ruler
3. The Military Caste
4. The Serf Caste
Footnotes
Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army1—I
The Army stationed in Egypt
The Royal Mamluks
THE MAMLUKS OF THE RULING SULTAN
The 7 (bodyguard, select retinue, pages)
THE MUSTAKHDAMŪN
The Mamluks of Former Sultans
The Sayfīya
FIGURES ON THE ROYAL (AND OTHER UNITS)
Footnotes
Studies on the Structure of the Mamluk Army—II
The 1
BEGINNINGS OF THE DECLINE OF THE HALQA
SPECIAL GROUPS WITHIN THE HALQA
1. The Awlād an-Nās
2. The Sons of the Sultans
3. The Ajnad al-Mi’atayn
The Mamluks of the Amirs
THE NUMBERS OF THE AMIRS’ MAMLUKS
A. The Bahri Period
B. The Circassian Period
THE TAWASHIYA
The Amirs and their Ranks
TERMS FOR AMIRS’ RANKS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MAMLUK PERIOD
THE PROMOTION OF AMIRS
Footnotes
STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE MAMLUK ARMY—III
Holders of Offices Connected with the Army
THE MEN OF THE SWORD (ARBĀB-AS-SŪF)
The Nā’ib as Saltana (vice-sultan or viceroy in Egypt)
The Atābak al-‘Asākir (Commander-in-Chief)
The Amīr Majlis (Lord of the Audience)
The Amīr Silah(Grand Master of the Armour)
The Hajib al-Hujjab (Grand Chamberlain)
The Ra’s Nawbat an-Nuwab (Chief of the Corps of Mamluks)
The Wazīr4
The Ustādār (Grand Major Demo)
The Khāzindār al-Kabīr (Grand Treasurer)
The Dawādār al-Kabīr (Grand Dawādār)
The Amir Akhūr
The Amir Jandār
The Naqīb al-Jaysh
The Naqīb al-Mamālīk
The Muqaddam al-Mamālīk as-Sultaniya (Cammander of the Royal Mamluks)
The Kātib al-Mamālīk as-Sultaniya (Scribe of the Royal Mamluks)
The Malik al-Umarā’ (King of the Amirs)
THE MEN OF THE PEN (ARBĀB AL-AQLĀM)
The Nazir al-Jayash (Inspector of the Army)
The Nazir Khazā’in as-Silah (Supervisor of Arms Stores)
The Nazir al-Istablat as-Sultaniya (Supervisor of the Royal Stables)
RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS (AL-MUTA‘AMMIMŪN)1
The al-‘Askar (Judge of the Army)
ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE OFFICES
Appendix A
1. STRENGTH OF THE ARMY DURING AR-RAWK AN-NASIRI (715) ACCORDING TO AL-MAQRĪZĪ
2. THE STRENGTH OF THE ARMY IN THE WHOLE OF THE MAMLUK KlNGDOM, ACCORDING TO AZ-ZAHIRI
Appendix B Who Were the Qaranis ?
A. Qaranis and Mushtarawāt in Battle
B. Payments to the Qaranis and the Mushtarawāt
C. The Distribution of Fiefs
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Footnotes
Saladin and the Assassins
Footnotes
THE POSITION AND POWER OF THE MAMLŪK SULTAN
Footnotes
CASSIODORUS AND RASHĪD AL-DĪN ON BARBARIAN RULE IN ITALY AND PERSIA1
Footnotes
THE TREATIES OF THE EARLY MAMLUK SULTANS WITH THE FRANKISH STATES
Footnotes
THE MONGOL EMPIRE: A REVIEW ARTICLE
Footnotes
SALADIN AND HIS ADMIRERS: A BIOGRAPHICAL REASSESSMENT1
Footnotes
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE ‘ABBĀSID CALIPHATE OF CAIRO
Footnotes
THE ‘GREAT YĀSĀ OF CHINGIZ KHĀN’ AND MONGOL LAW IN THE ĪLKHANĀTE
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Footnotes
THE ĪLKHĀN AHAMAD EMBASSIES TO QALĀWŪN: TWO CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS
Footnotes
THE CRUSADES OF 1239–41 AND THEIR AFTERMATH
I
II
III
IV
V
Footnotes
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS: SOME FRESH REVELATIONS
Footnotes
GHAZAN, ISLAM AND MONGOL TRADITION: A VIEW FROM THE MAMLŪK SULTANATE1
Footnotes
Marco Polo and his ‘Travels’1
Asia in the era of Marco Polo
Authors and copyists
Corroborative material
The aim of the book
Personal observation or hearsay?
Europeans in Mongol Asia
The status of the Polos
Conclusion
Footnotes
INDEX
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