Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras IX: Proceedings of the 23rd and 24th International Colloquium Organized at the University of ... and 2016 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta)

The ninth volume of proceedings of the International Colloquia on the History of Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras covers the 23rd and 24th gatherings, organized at the University of Leuven in 2015 and 2016. True to tradition, the 15 articles deal with a wide variety of scholarly subjects, all revolving around the central theme of Syro-Egypt's high and late medieval history. Topics dealt with include archaeology, architecture, codicology, economic, political, and religious history, as well as belles-lettres. With contributions by O. Abdel Barr, Z. Antrim, P.-V. Claverie, N. Coureas, J.-Ch. Ducene, K.A. Goudie, G. Lelli, B. Martel-Thoumian, D. Nicolle, M. Piana, A. Post, L. Richter-Bernburg, Th.M. Wijntjes and M. Zouihal. The volume contains twenty three contributions to the political, institutional, religious and cultural history of Egypt and Greater Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras (10th-15th centuries). These are the revised and sometimes enlarged versions of papers read at three colloquia organized by the section of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the KULeuven in 1992, 1993 and 1994. The authors, all distinguished European scholars, meet each year in Leuven to discuss current research in their field. (Peeters 1995) Cover EGYPT AND SYRIAIN THE FATIMID, AYYUBID AND MAMLUK ERAS IX Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS