Practising diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate : gifts and material culture in the medieval Islamic world /
Elaborate and sensational gifts were the hallmark of Mamluk diplomacy. From Cairo, where they controlled the medieval spice trade and the holy sites of Christianity and Islam, the Mamluk Sultans - conscious of their humble slave origins - augmented their claims to legitimacy through brilliant displa...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2014.
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| Series: | Library of Middle East history ;
v. 44. |
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3rd Floor Main Library
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A1234.567 |
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