Al-Damurdashi's Chronicle of Egypt 1688-1755

Author: Al-Durra al-Musana fi Akhbar al-Kinana; Crecelius, Daniel (Trans.); Bakr, 'Abd al-Wahhab (Trans.)
Title: Al-Damurdashi's Chronicle of Egypt 1688-1755
Publication: Leiden, New York, Kovenhavn, Koln: E. J. Brill, 1991

Description: Hardcover. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". xi, 424pp plus 2 fold-out maps bound in. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Faint edgewear to dust jacket, else fine. Bound in bright red cloth cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Very light shelfwear to binding, firm and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This chronicle, allegedly composed by an officer of the ‘Azab regiment in Cairo, surveys the conflicts between the two major mamluk factions, the Faqariya and the Qasimiya, and their struggles with the Ottoman governors and the Ojaqs to control Egypt's administration and the lucrative tax structure in the period from 1688-1755. Al-Damurdashi, who organizes his chronicle around the tenures of the Ottoman governors, focuses on the military class, but provides a wealth of descriptive information on a wide range of subjects, including military tactics, administration, taxes, food and clothing, the bedouins, coinage and fiscal policy, the mamluk system, and social life. After al-Jabarti's famous ‘Aja’ib al-Athar fi 'l-Tarajim wa 'l- Akhbar, al-Damurdashi's chronicle is perhaps the most important manuscript source for the entire three centuries of Ottoman rule in Egypt. It is more authoritative and more descriptive than al-Jabarti's account for the period it covers, and was a major source from which al-Jabarti drew material for his own history of the period. Series: Arab History and Civilization, Volume: 2. (Publisher). Very good + / very good +.

Seller ID: 17525

Subject: History & Geography, Islam & Sufism, Law, Politics, & Sociology

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