Damascus life 1480-1500 : a report of a local notary /

Damascus life 1480-1500 : a report of a local notary /

"In Damascus Life 1480-1500: A Report of a Local Notary Boaz Shoshan offers a microhistory of the largest Syrian city at the end of the Mamluk period and on the eve of the Ottoman conquest. Mainly based on a partly preserved diary, the earliest available of its kind and written by Ibn Ṭawq, a l...

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Main Author: Shoshan, Boaz (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization; volume 168.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405868.

Subjects:

Ibn Ṭawq, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > 1430 or 1431-1509 or 1510 > Taʻlīq.
Ibn Ṭawq, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > 1430 or 1431-1509 or 1510 > Diaries.
Arabs > Syria > Damascus > Diaries.
Notaries > Syria > Damascus > Diaries.
Damascus (Syria) > History > 15th century.
Damascus (Syria) > Social conditions > 15th century.
Damascus (Syria) > Social life and customs.

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Call Number: DS99.D3 S67 2020

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Table of Contents:
  • Ibn Ṭawq, his family, household, and close friends
  • Damascus ca. 1480-1500 : a city in crisis
  • The shaykh al-Islām : a giant in an embattled world of scholars
  • Bourgeois fortunes
  • The court : dispute and crime
  • The family : marriage, divorce, and the household.