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Damascus life, 1480-1500 : a report of a local notary /

In Damascus Life 1480-1500: A Report of a Local Notary, Boaz Shoshan offers a microhistory of the largest Syrian city at the end of the Mamluk period and on the eve of the Ottoman conquest. Mainly based on a partly preserved diary, the earliest available of its kind and written by Ibn Ṭawq, a local...

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Main Author:	Shoshan, Boaz (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:	Islamic history and civilization ; v. 168.
Subjects:	Ibn Ṭawq, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > 1430 or 1431-1509 or 1510. > Taʻlīq. Ibn Ṭawq, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, > 1430 or 1431-1509 or 1510 > Diaries. Arabs > Syria > Damascus > Diaries. Notaries > Syria > Damascus > Diaries. Damascus (Syria) > History > 15th century. Damascus (Syria) > Social conditions > 15th century. Damascus (Syria) > Social life and customs.

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