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Practicing Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate: Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World
Practicing Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World
Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif
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 celebr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781780768779
ISBN-10: 178076877X
Publication Date: 6/25/2014
Pages: 224
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Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Book Type: Hardcover
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