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Writing Egypt : Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project

Title
Writing Egypt : Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project / Nasser Rabbat.
Author
Rabbat, Nasser.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

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Subject
  • Maqrīzī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1364-1442
  • Historians > Egypt
  • Historiography > Egypt > History > To 1500
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  • Description based upon print version of record.
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  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Short References to Frequently Cited Primary Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Transcription and Dates -- Introduction: A Singular Mamluk Historian -- PART 1 THE LIFE OF AL-MAQRIZI -- CHAPTER 1 The Formative Years -- CHAPTER 2 Career, Moral Crisis, and Withdrawal -- PART 2 THE WRITINGS OF AL-MAQRIZI -- CHAPTER 3 Harvest of a Lifetime -- CHAPTER 4 The Khitat: History and Belonging -- PART 3 THE AFTERLIFE OF AL-MAQRIZI'S WRITING -- CHAPTER 5 Al-Maqrizi and the Orientalists -- CHAPTER 6 Reading al-Maqrizi in Modern Egypt -- In the Guise of a Conclusion: Becoming the Greatest Historian of Egypt -- Bibliography -- Index of Books Cited in the Text -- General Index
ISBN
  • 1399502832
  • 9781399502832
OCLC
om2145701620
Author
Rabbat, Nasser.
Title
Writing Egypt : Al-Maqrizi and His Historical Project / Nasser Rabbat.
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Print version: Rabbat, Nasser Writing Egypt Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2022
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