Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam: Mamluk Egypt, 1250-1517 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 208 pages
• Published by: Cambridge University Press
• Edition: 1st Edition December 14, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0521034744
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521034746
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 11.4 ounces

Product Review
"This is an important work which makes valuable contributions in two fieldsHe provides a wide range of data and constructs an important series of tablesthe work defly blends synthesis of existing scholarship with the author's own findings and should spur future research in both the social and economic history of the Mamluk sultanate." Religious Studies Review

Product Description
By focusing on Mamluk Cairo, Adam Sabra explores the attitude of medieval Muslims to poverty and the experience of being poor in an Islamic society. He also considers the role of pious endowments (waqfs) in sustaining the poor. In this way the book affords fascinating insights into a world far removed from elite society, hitherto the focus of Mamluk studies. This trend, in conjunction with comparisons offered between the Islamic world, Europe and China, will entice a broad range of scholars from within the field and beyond.