Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period: An Extract from Ibn Fa?l Allah Al-�Umari's Masalik Al-Ab?ar Fi Mamalik Al-Am?ar - Paperback

by D. S. Richards (Author)

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al- Umari's Masālik al-absār, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well a

Author Biography

D.S. Richards is an Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford.