Twilight of majesty : the reigns of the Mamlūk Sultans al-Ashrāf Qāytbāy and Qanṣūh al-Ghawrī in Egypt /

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Main Author: Petry, Carl F., 1943- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, c1993.

Series: Occasional papers ; 4.

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Call Number: DT96.7 .P48 1993

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245 1 0 |a Twilight of majesty :   |b the reigns of the Mamlūk Sultans al-Ashrāf Qāytbāy and Qanṣūh al-Ghawrī in Egypt /   |c Carl F. Petry. 
264 1 |a Seattle :   |b Distributed by University of Washington Press,   |c c1993. 
300 |a viii, 261 pages :   |b maps ;   |c 22 cm. 
490 1 |a Occasional papers ;   |v 4. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 2 |a Reigns of Mamluk Sultans Cited in Text --  |t Map : The Citadel of Cairo --  |t Map : The City of Cairo --  |t Map : Egypt and Sinai --  |t Map: Southeast Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine --  |g Ch. 1.  |t Introduction.  |t The Sources --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Al-Ashraf Qaytbay: Revered Conservator.  |t The Cursus Honorum of a Mamluk Officer.  |t Enthronement: Studied Reluctance?  |t Consolidation : Decisiveness after Equivocation.  |t The Rebellion of Shah Suwar : Provincial Insurrection.  |t The Medial Years : Facade of Grandeur.  |t The Ottoman Campaigns : Containment of a Peer.  |t Decline, 891-901/1486-1496 : Insidious Rivalry --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Qansuh al-Ghawri : Vilified Innovator.  |t The Initial Period : Elusive Consolidation.  |t The Medial Years : Indulgence and Innovation.  |t Foreign Affairs in the Medial Period : Persian Belligerence, Ottoman Entente.  |t The Final Years : Scorning Old Tensions.  |t The Road to Marj Dabiq : Inexorable Conflict.  |t Aftermath --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Closing Reflections --  |t Bibliography 1. Narrative Sources --  |t Bibliography 2. Archival Sources --  |t Bibliography 3. Secondary Studies. 
600 0 0 |a Qāʼit Bāy,  |c Sultan of Egypt and Syria,  |d  -1496.  |9 37962 
600 0 0 |a Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī,  |c Sultan of Egypt and Syria,  |d  -1516.  |9 37970 
650 0 |a Mamelukes  |x History. 
651 0 |a Egypt  |x History  |y 1250-1517. 
830 0 |a Occasional papers ;   |v 4. 
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