This sub-project explores the role of translation in the formation and early stages of the Ottoman-Turkic literary corpus, by juxtaposing this with its role in the development of the Mamluk-Turkic ...

In 1347 slave traders from the Black Sea brought with them something far deadlier than a cargo of future Mamluk warriors: the Black Death. Plague infested the whole of the known world, but nowhere ...

When the Ottoman-Mamluk wars began, Sultan al-Ashraf Kansu al-Ghuri sought to secure the support of the people and administrators of Diyarbakır. He sent gifts to win their favor, one of which was ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Abū al-Fidā: Géographie d’Aboulféda/Taqwīm al-buldān (J.T. Reinaud ed. and trans.) (2 vols). Paris 1848. Adam J.-P. 1994. Roman Building: ...