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.
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- ISBN10 1597404721
- ISBN13 9781597404723
- Publish Date 7 November 2008 (first published 21 April 1982)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ACLS History E-Book Project
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 508
- Language English