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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. 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All communications should be sent to: The Editor, Mamlu≠k Studies Review, 5828 South University Avenue, 201 Pick Hall, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA This issue can be downloaded at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-1_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 This issue can be downloaded at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-1_2004.pdf CONTENTS ARTICLES Ceramic Evidence for Political Transformations 1 in Early Mamluk Egypt BETHANY J. WALKER Ibn T˛u≠lu≠n (d. 955/1548): Life and Works 115 STEPHAN CONERMANN Mamluk Furu≠s|yah Literature and Its Antecedents 141 SHIHAB AL-SARRAF Political Violence and Ideology in Mamluk Society 201 DANIEL BEAUMONT Black Camels and Blazing Bolts: 227 The Bolt-Projecting Trebuchet in the Mamluk Army PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN The Fire of 884/1479 at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus 279 and an Account of Its Restoration DORIS BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF BOOK REVIEWS Ah˛mad ibn ‘Al| al-Maqr|z|, Al-Mawa≠’iz˝ wa-al-I‘tiba≠r bi-Dhikr al-Khit˛at˛ wa-al-A±tha≠r, edited by Muh˝ammad Zaynhum and Mad|h˝ah al-Sharqa≠w| (Frédéric Bauden) 299 ‘A±dil Shar|f ‘Alla≠m, Al-Nus˝u≠s˝ al-Ta’s|s|yah ‘alá al-‘Ama≠’ir al-D|n|yah al-Mamlu≠k|yah al-Ba≠qiyah bi-Mad|nat al-Qa≠hirah (Dina Ghaly) 300 The Dîvân of Qânsûh al-Ghûrî, edited by Mehmet Yalçın Kansu Gavrî'nin Türkçe Dîvânı, edited by Orhan Yavuz (Robert Dankoff) 303 This issue can be downloaded at http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/MamlukStudiesReview_VIII-1_2004.pdf CONTENTS vi ‘Abbu≠d Qarah, A±da≠b al-Furu≠s|yah ‘inda al-‘Arab Muh˝ammad Ibn Manjl|, Al-H˛iyal f| al-H˛uru≠b wa-Fath˝ al-Mada≠’in wa-H˝ifz˛ al-Duru≠b (Jo Van Steenbergen) 308 Muh˝ammad Ibn ‘Azzu≠z, Madrasat al-H˛ad|th f| Bila≠d al-Sha≠m khila≠la al-Qarn al-Tha≠min al-Hijr| (Michael B. Schub) 311 François Charette, Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth-Century Egypt and Syria: The Illustrated Treatise of Najm al-D|n al-Mis˝r| (Irina Lyuter) 312 Khal|l Ibn Aybak al-S˝afad|, Al-Kashf wa-al-Tanb|h ‘alá al-Was˝f wa-al-Tashb|h Nab|l Muh˝ammad Rasha≠d, Al-S˝afad| wa-Sharh˝huhu ‘alá La≠m|yat al-‘Ajam (Everett Rowson) 315 The Historiography of Islamic Egypt (c.