Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies: Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics

Mamluk Cairo, A Crossroads For Embassies' Offers An Up-to-date Insight Into The Diplomacy And Diplomatics Of The Mamluk Sultanate With Muslim And Non-muslim Powers. This Rich Volume Covers The Whole Chronological Span Of The Sultanate As Well As The Various Areas Of The Diplomatic Relations Established By (or With) The Mamluk Sultanate. Twenty-six Essays Are Divided In Geographical Sections That Broadly Respect The Political Division Of The World As The Mamluk Chancery Perceived It. In Addition, Two Introductory Essays Provide The Present Stage Of Research In The Fields Of, Respectively, Diplomatics And Diplomacy. Mamluk Diplomatics: The Present State Of Research / Frederic Bauden -- Mamluk Diplomacy: The Present State Of Research / Malika Dekkiche -- Diplomatics, Or Another Way To See The World / Malika Dekkiche -- Strong Letters At The Mamluk Court / Lucian Reinfandt -- Embassies And Ambassadors In Mamluk Cairo / Yehoshua Frenkel -- Careers In Diplomacy Among Mamluks And Mongols, 658-741/1260-1341 / Anne F. Broadbridge -- The Golden Horde And The Mamluks: The Birth Of A Diplomatic Set-up (660-5/1261-7) / Marie Favereau -- Mamluk-ilkhanid Diplomatic Contacts: Negotiations Or Posturing? / Reuven Amitaie -- Baghdad Between Cairo And Tabriz: Emissaries To The Mamluks As Expressions Of Local Political Ambitions And Ideologies During The Seventh/thirteenth And Eighth/fourteenth Centuries / Hend Gilli-elewy -- Between Iraq And A Hard Place: Sultan Ahmad Jalayir's Time As A Refugee In The Mamluk Sultanate / Patrick Wing -- Nizam Al-din Shami's Description Of The Syrian Campaign Of Timur / Michele Bernardini -- Diplomatic Entanglements Between Tabriz, Cairo, And Herat: A Reconstructed Qara Qoyunlu Letter Datable To 818/1415 / Frederic Bauden -- Fixed Rules To A Changing Game? Sultan Mehmed Ii's Realignment Of Ottoman-mamluk Diplomatic Conventions / Kristof D'hulster -- Diplomatic Correspondence Between Nasrid Granada And Mamluk Cairo: The Last Hope For Al-andalus / Barbara Boloix-gallardo -- Entre Ifriqiya Hafside Et Egypte Mamelouke: Des Relations Anciennes, Continues Et Consolidees / Mounira Chapoutot-remadi -- Tracking Down The Hafsid Diplomatic Missions All The Way To The Turco-mamluk Borders (892-6/1487-91) / Lotfi Ben Miled -- Diplomatic Networks Of Rasulid Yemen In Egypt (seventh/thirteenth To Early Ninth/fifteenth Centuries) / Eric Vallet -- Aggression In The Best Of Lands: Mecca In Egyptian-indian Diplomacy In The Ninth/fifteenth Century / John I. Meloy -- Some Remarks On The Diplomatic Relations Between Cairo, Delhi/dawlatabad, And Ahmadabad During The Eighth/fourteenth And Ninth/fifteenth Centuries / Stephan Conermann, Anna Kollatz -- The Hati And The Sultan: Letters And Embassies From Abyssinia To The Mamluk Court / Julien Loiseau -- Peace Be Upon Those Who Follow The Right Way: Diplomatic Practices Between Mamluk Cairo And The Borno Sultanate At The End Of The Eighth/fourteenth Century / Remi Dewiere -- The European Embassies To The Court Of The Mamluk Sultans In Cairo / Pierre Moukarzel -- In The Name Of The Minorities: Lisbon's Muslims As Emissaries From The King Of Portugal To The Sultan Of Egypt / Maria Filomena Lopes De Barros -- Envoys Between Lusignan Cyprus And Mamluk Egypt, 838-78/1435-73: The Accounts Of Pero Tafur, George Boustronios And Ibn Taghri Birdi / Nicholas Coureas -- Negotiating The Last Mamluk-venetian Commercial Decree (922-3/1516-7): Commercial Liability From The Sixth/twelfth To The Early Tenth/sixteenth Century / Gladys Frantz-murphy -- Three Mamluk Letters Concerning The Florentine Trade In Egypt And Syria: A New Interpretation / Alessandro Rizzo -- Ecritoires: Objets Fonctionnels Et Symboliques Indissociables Des Ceremonies Officielles A L' Epoque Mamelouke / Ludvik Kalus -- Precious Objects For Eminent Guests: The Use Of Chinese Ceramics In Mamluk Cairo: The Fustat Ceramic Collection From The Royal Museums Of Art And History (brussels) / Valentina Vezzoli. Edited By Frédéric Bauden, Malika Dekkiche. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.