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Mamluk Studies Review Vol. VIII, No. 2 (2004) MAMLU±K STUDIES REVIEW VIII (2) 2004 MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENTATION CENTER (MEDOC) THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAMLU±K STUDIES REVIEW Published by the MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENTATION CENTER (MEDOC) THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Mamluk≠ Studies Review is a biannual refereed journal devoted to the study of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria (648–922/1250–1517). It appears in January and July. The goals of Mamlu≠k Studies Review are to take stock of scholarship devoted to the Mamluk era, nurture communication within the field, and promote further research by encouraging the critical discussion of all aspects of this important medieval Islamic polity. The journal includes both articles and reviews of recent books. Submissions of original work on any aspect of the field are welcome, although the editorial board will periodically issue volumes devoted to specific topics and themes. Mamlu≠k Studies Review also solicits edited texts and translations of shorter Arabic source materials (waqf deeds, letters, fata≠wá and the like), and encourages discussions of Mamluk era artifacts (pottery, coins, etc.) that place these resources in wider contexts. Transliterated Middle Eastern languages should conform to the system utilized by the Library of Congress. All questions regarding style should be resolved through reference to The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition. All submissions should be typed double-spaced. Submissions must be made on labeled computer disk together with a printed copy. The print copy should have full and proper diacritics, but the disk copy should have no diacritics of any kind. Note: Readers of Mamlu≠k Studies Review who have access to the World Wide Web are referred to the MEDOC home page: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast. This site provides links to The Chicago Online Bibliography of Mamluk Studies, a fully searchable database of primary and secondary sources, created and maintained by MEDOC. Authors may download editorial and style guidelines from the Mamluk Studies Review page. The site also has information about subscribing to the Mamluk listserv. The Mamluk listserv is an open forum for discussions of all aspects of the history and culture of the Mamluk Sultanate. The Editors of Mamlu≠k Studies Review encourage readers to use the listserv to comment upon and discuss issues raised in the Review. ISSN 1086-170X. Copyright © 2004 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Middle East Documentation Center. The logo that appears on the cover and title page was created by John E. Woods. Olaf Nelson provided valuable technical assistance in producing the illustrations. All communications should be sent to: The Editor, Mamlu≠k Studies Review, 5828 South University Avenue, 201 Pick Hall, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf MAMLU±K STUDIES REVIEW Editor BRUCE D. CRAIG, The University of Chicago Associate Editors MARLIS J. SALEH, The University of Chicago WARREN C. SCHULTZ, DePaul University Review Editor DAVID REISMAN, University of Illinois at Chicago Editorial Board REUVEN AMITAI, Hebrew University of Jerusalem DORIS BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ANNE F. BROADBRIDGE, University of Massachusetts at Amherst W. W. CLIFFORD, The University of Chicago LI GUO, University of Notre Dame TH. EMIL HOMERIN, University of Rochester R. STEPHEN HUMPHREYS, University of California, Santa Barbara DONALD P. LITTLE, McGill University JOHN L. MELOY, American University of Beirut CARL F. PETRY, Northwestern University JOHN E. WOODS, The University of Chicago © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf Announcing The Bruce D. Craig Prize for Mamluk Studies Mamlu≠k Studies Review will award a cash prize of $1,000 annually for the best dissertation on a topic related to the Mamluk Sultanate submitted to an American or Canadian university during the calendar year, beginning in 2004. To be considered, dissertations must be received before December 31. Submissions should be sent to: Prof. Warren Schultz Chair, Prize Committee Mamlu≠k Studies Review Pick Hall 201 5828 S. University Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 In the event no dissertations are submitted, or none are deemed to merit the prize, no prize will be awarded. © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf Note Bruce Craig first asked me to undertake the preparation of a Mamlu≠k Studies Review volume devoted to the economic history of the sultanate in early 2000. In retrospect, however, his suggestion only began to assume form and shape over the period from May 2000 to September 2001, endpoints defined by two international conferences devoted to Mamluk studies: the "International Conference on the Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society" organized by Haifa and Tel Aviv Universities (May 14–17, 2000); and the "Symposium on Medieval Arabic Historiography: The Legacy of al-Maqr|z| (1364–1442)" organized by the University of Notre Dame (September 28–29, 2001). These gatherings facilitated contacts with several of the scholars whose work appears in the following pages. The project then grew in scope as a result of two subsequent Mamlu≠k Studies Review-sponsored activities. The first was a double panel at the 2002 MESA conference entitled "From Alexandria to Aden: Commerce and Society in the Medieval Middle East," and the second was "The University of Chicago International Conference on Mamluk Studies" held in May, 2003. The majority of the contributors to this volume were participants in one of these two events. Many people thus contributed their talents and efforts to this volume, as well as to the studies which, due to space constraints, could not be included here. I would like to especially thank Bruce Craig, Marlis Saleh, and our anonymous readers for all they have done to bring this volume to press. Warren C. Schultz © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf Click any item in the Table of Contents to jump directly to its first page. CONTENTS ARTICLES Invisible Peasants, Marauding Nomads: 1 Taxation, Tribalism, and Rebellion in Mamluk Egypt YOSSEF RAPOPORT Sharp Practice in Levantine Trade in the Late Middle Ages: 23 The Brizi-Corner Affair of 1376–77 RALPH S. HATTOX The Last Decades of Venice's Trade with the Mamluks: 37 Importations into Egypt and Syria BENJAMIN ARBEL Sugar in the Economic Life of Mamluk Egypt 87 SATO TSUGITAKA A Note on Archaeological Evidence for Sugar Production 109 in the Middle Islamic Periods in Bila≠d al-Sha≠m KATHERINE STRANGE BURKE Mamluk Investment in Transjordan: a "Boom and Bust" Economy 119 BETHANY J. WALKER The Regime and the Urban Wheat Market: 149 The Famine of 662/1263–64 in Cairo YAACOV LEV Reconstructing Life in Medieval Alexandria from an Eighth/Fourteenth 163 Century Waqf Document NIALL CHRISTIE Thirty Years after Lopez, Miskimin, and Udovitch 191 STUART J. BORSCH © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf Click any item in the Table of Contents to jump directly to its first page. CONTENTS x The Rise of a New Class? 203 Land Tenure in Fifteenth-Century Egypt: A Review Article ADAM SABRA BOOK REVIEWS Ih˝sa≠n ‘Abba≠s, Ta≠r|kh Bila≠d al-Sha≠m f| ‘As˝r al-Mama≠l|k, 648–923 H./1250–1517 M. (Josef Meri) 211 Badr al-D|n Mah˝mu≠d al-‘Ayn|, ‘Iqd al-Juma≠n f| Ta≠r|kh Ahl al-Zama≠n: al-‘As˝r al-Ayyu≠b| (Part 1) (Konrad Hirschler) 213 Ah˝mad ibn Muh˝ammad Ibn ‘Arabsha≠h, Fa≠kihat al-Khulafa≠’ wa-Mufa≠kahat al-Z˛urafa≠’, edited by Ayman ‘Abd al-Ja≠bir al-Buh˝ayr| (Arnoud Vrolijk) 215 Shawkat Ramad˝a≠n H˛ujjah, Al-Ta≠r|kh al-Siya≠s| li-Mint¸aqat Sharq| al-Urdun min Janu≠b al-Sha≠m f| ‘As˝r Dawlat al-Mama≠l|k al-Tha≠niyah (Bethany Walker) 219 Fustat Finds: Beads, Coins, Medical Instruments, Textiles and Other Artifacts from the Awad Collection, edited by Jere L. Bacharach (Warren C. Schultz) 224 Shiha≠b al-D|n Ah˝mad ibn Muh˝ammad ibn ‘Umar al-Ans˝a≠r| Ibn al-H˛ims˝|, H˛awa≠dith al-Zama≠n wa-Wafaya≠t al-Shuyu≠kh wa-al-Aqra≠n, edited by ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Sala≠m Tadmur| (Carl Petry) 226 ‘Umar Ibn al-Fa≠rid˝, ‘Umar Ibn al-Fa≠rid˝: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life, translated and introduced by Th. Emil Homerin (Michael Winter) 228 Majd| ‘Abd al-Rash|d Bah˝r, Al-Qaryah al-Mis˝r|yah f| ‘As˝r Sala≠t¸|n al-Mama≠l|k, 648–923 H./1250–1517 M. (William Tucker) 232 LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS 235 © 2004, 2012 Middle East Documentation Center, The University of Chicago. http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-2_2004.pdf YOSSEF RAPOPORT UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Invisible Peasants, Marauding Nomads: Taxation, Tribalism, and Rebellion in Mamluk Egypt* Right from the outset of Mamluk rule, the Arab tribes of Egypt stand out as the most persistent internal threat to the regime. The Egyptian tribesmen were the only group in the Mamluk domains that was openly and repeatedly contesting the legitimacy of Mamluk authority, and the only group that was ready to resort to armed resistance. In 650/1252–53, in what appears to be a direct response to the Mamluk seizure of power, an Arab uprising engulfed large parts of the Egyptian countryside.
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