Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period : An Extract From Ibn Faḍl Allāh Al-‘Umarī's Masālik Al-Abṣār Fī Mamālik Al-Amṣār

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umarī’s __Masālik al-absār__, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well as insights into its society and the organization and functioning of the Mamluk state. Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masālik al-absār, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well as insights into its society and the organization and functioning of the Mamluk state