Twilight of Majesty : The Regions of the Mamluk Sultans al-Ashraf Qaytbay and Qansuh al-Ghawri in Egypt

Name: Twilight of Majesty : The Regions of the Mamluk Sultans al-Ashraf Qaytbay and Qansuh al-Ghawri in Egypt
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ISBN: 9780295973074

ISBN-10: 0295973072

ISBN-13: 9780295973074

Edition: 1993

Authors: Carl Petry

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Biographies of Egypt's two last prominent medieval rulers, 1468- 1516, and their different approaches to dealing with the external threats and internal dissension. Qaytbay remained a stalwart conservative, while al-Ghawri initiated the first reforms since the 13th century, which were cut short, like his life, by the Ottoman conquest. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Reigns of Mamluk Sultans Cited in Text


Abbreviations


Map: The Citadel of Cairo


Map: The City of Cairo


Map: Egypt and Sinai


Map: Southeast Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine



Introduction


The Sources



Al-Ashraf Qaytbay: Revered Conservator


The Cursus Honorum of a Mamluk Officer


Enthronement: Studied Reluctance?


Consolidation: Decisiveness after Equivocation


The Rebellion of Shah Suwar: Provincial Insurrection


The Medial Years: Facade of Grandeur


The Ottoman Campaigns: Containment of a Peer


Decline, 891-901/1486-1496: Insidious Rivalry



Qansuh al-Ghawri: Vilified Innovator


The Initial Period: Elusive Consolidation


The Medial Years: Indulgence and Innovation


Foreign Affairs in the Medial Period: Persian Belligerence, Ottoman Entente


The Final Years: Scorning Old Tensions


The Road to Marj Dabiq: Inexorable Conflict


Aftermath



Closing Reflections


Bibliography 1. Narrative Sources


Bibliography 2. Archival Sources


Bibliography 3. Secondary Studies


Index