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Author:   John L. Meloy
Publisher:   University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center
Imprint:   University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center
Edition:   2nd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.527kg
ISBN:  

9780991573202

ISBN 10:   099157320
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   31 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Map 1: The Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean Map 2: The Central Hijaz Preface to the Revised Edition Introduction The Rise of Mecca in the Later Middle Ages: Politics and Historiography Local Contexts of Maritime Trade in Mecca Brokering Power in Mecca: Mamluk Seasonal Domination and the Rule of the Sharifs,797–824/1395–1421 Mamluk Expansion and Meccan Resistance, 824 – 41/1421–38 Forging Mutual Interests, 841–67/1438–63 Mecca as Sultanate: Foundations of Economic Power, 867–903/1463–97 Politics, Trade, and the New Dispensations in Mecca, 903–23/1497–1517 Conclusion: Mecca’s Loss of Splendid Isolation Appendix A: Comparative Political Periodization of the Mamluk Sultanate and the Meccan Sharifate and Amirate, 797–931/1395–1525 Appendix B: Genealogical Charts of the Shar?fs,7th–10th/13th–16th c. Appendix C: Maritime Traffic between Jedda and Indian Ocean and Red Sea Ports, 876–944/1471–1537 Bibliography Index    

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John L. Meloy is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut.        

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