The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo (1261-1517): History and Tradition in the Mamluk Court
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[Thesis]
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Mustafa Banister
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Northrup, Linda S.
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University of Toronto (Canada)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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553
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Committee members: Bauden, Frederic; Ostapchuk, Victor; Saleh, Walid; Subtelny, Maria E.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-47119-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
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University of Toronto (Canada)
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2015
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This dissertation investigates the two-and-a-half century evolution of Islam's most prominent leadership institution, the Abbasid caliphate, after its restoration in Cairo following the Mongol destruction of Baghdad in 1258. Kept under the supervision of the Mamluk sultans of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517), modern scholars tend to conclude that this so-called Abbasid "shadow" caliphate merely legitimized Mamluk rulers and little else within their society. Despite having shed much of its original power by the Mamluk period, the Abbasid caliphate of Cairo retained a definite measure of religious authority and enjoyed the reverence of significant sectors of the Cairene population including religious scholars, chroniclers, chancery scribes, poets, travelers, and, it seems, enjoyed even wider resonance among the masses of the local Muslim citizenry.