Land Tenure, Fiscal Policy and Imperial Power in Medieval Syro-Egypt

by Daisuke Igarashi

This book aims to examine the structural changes in the state and society in Mamluk Egypt and Syria after the middle of the eighth/fourteenth century. Between 648/1250 and 922/1517, the Mamluk sultanate ruled Egypt, Syria, and the Hijaz, the central Middle East. During this period, the sultanate expanded its authority over the medieval Islamic world by defending Muslim society against the Mongols and the Crusades, protecting the two Islamic holy cities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970819994
• ISBN13: 9780970819994
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Middle East Documentation Center
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"