Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masãalik al-absãar, 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 as insights into its society and the organization and functioning of the Mamluk state.