Practising diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate : gifts and material culture in the medieval Islamic wo...
Practising diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate : gifts and material culture in the medieval Islamic wo...
Practising diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate : gifts and material culture in the medieval Islamic world / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
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London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
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G 2015/945
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English
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Physical content
xxi, 242 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color), maps ; 23 cm..
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part One: The culture of gifts -- The world of the Mamluks -- Protocol and codes of gift exchange -- Part Two: Gifts in the geo-political contexts -- The Red Sea and Indian Ocean Connection -- Africa -- The Black Sea, Anatolia, Iran and Central Asia -- Europe -- Part Three: The Gifts -- Tradition an...
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London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
Elaborate and sensational gifts were the hallmark of Mamluk diplomacy. From Cairo, where they controlled the medieval spice trade and the holy sites of Christianity and Islam, the Mamluk Sultans - conscious of their humble slave origins - augmented their claims to legitimacy through brilliant displays of diplomatic gift-giving, creating a celebrate...
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Practising diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate : gifts and material culture in the medieval Islamic world / Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
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Library of Middle East history ; v. 44.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/945
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74VKOj3VNG4Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOj3VNG4Z
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ISBN
9781780768779
178076877X
DDC
962.024
MMS ID
991022614319702626
