Browsing Through the Sultan's Bookshelves: Towards a Reconstruction of the Library of the Mamluk Sultan Qanisawh Al-Ghawri (R. 906-922/1501-1516)

by Kristof D'hulster

Starting from 135 manuscripts that were once part of the library of the late Mamluk sultan Qanisawh al-Ghawri (r. 1501-1516), this book challenges the dominant narrative of a 'post-court era', in which courts were increasingly marginalized in the field of adab. Rather than being the literary barren field that much of the Arabic and Arabic-centred sources, produced extra muros, would have us believe, it re-cognizes Qanisawh's court as a rich and vibrant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3847112929
• ISBN13: 9783847112921
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"