| Description |
1 online resource (478 pages) : illustrations |
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Online-Ressource |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Chart -- List of Lists in Appendix II -- List of Regional Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Methodology and Transliteration -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN THE HISTORY OF CAIRO -- CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER III. RESIDENCE PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER IV. OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS OF THE CIVILIAN ELITE -- CHAPTER V.A TRIPARTITE ELITE: CONCLUSIONS AND HYPOTHESES -- APPENDIX I.A SURVEY OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS -- APPENDIX II. POSITIONS HELD BY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE TWENTY-ONE OCCUPATIONS OF THE MAJOR GROUP, and by Şūfīs AND COPTS -- APPENDIX III. GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TERMS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
This pioneer study presents a quantitative analysis of the civilian elite in Mamluk Cairo. Using information about 4,631 individuals drawn from two fifteenth-century biographical dictionaries, Carl Petry explores the geographic origins of the civilian elite (the 'ulama') and the distribution of their residences and places of work in Cairo. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-447) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed March 24, 2015) |
| Subject |
Elite (Social sciences) -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History
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Professions -- Egypt -- History
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Social classes -- Egypt -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Professions.
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Social classes.
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Egypt.
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Egypt -- Cairo.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400856411 |
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1400856418 |
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0691053294 |
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9780691053295 |
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