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This volume focuses on the interplay between urban society and material culture in the medieval and Ottoman Middle East. The history of Jerusalem in the middle ages is discussed by a number of papers as well as Mamluk Tripoli and the urban history of Palestine during the Crusades. The multi-role of the cadi in the Muslim city is illuminated by two studies cases concerning the Fatimid and Mamluk periods. Three aspects of material culture; the production and spread of paper, textiles and the trade in medicinal substances also are dealt with.

History of Asia --- History of Africa --- anno 1200-1799 --- anno 800-1199 --- Middle East --- Cities and towns --- Villes --- History --- Congresses. --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Moyen-Orient --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Congrès --- Cities and towns, Medieval --- Cities and towns. --- Material culture --- Materiële cultuur. --- Sachkultur. --- Social conditions. --- Stadt. --- Steden. --- Middle East. --- Naher Osten. --- Ramat Gau <1999>. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social history --- Sociology --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Cities and towns - Middle East - History - Congresses --- Middle East - Social conditions - Congresses --- Middle East - History - Congresses --- Moyen âge

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This volume focusses on the interplay between war and society in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a period which witnessed the Arab conquests, the Seljuk invasion, the Crusades, and the Mongol incursions. The military aspects of these momentous events have not been fully discussed so far. For the first time this book offers a synthesis of trends in military technology and its effect on society in the period from the Arab conquests to the establishment of an Ottoman hegemony. War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean provides for medievalists an Oriental context to the military aspects of the Crusades, and for scholars of both Middle Eastern and military history a coherent treatment of an important topic over a long period and covering many different cultures.

War and society --- Military art and science --- Guerre et société --- Art et science militaires --- Islamic Empire --- Mediterranean Region --- Empire islamique --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- History, Military. --- History, Military --- History --- Histoire militaire --- Histoire --- Military weapons --- Military history, Medieval. --- Guerre et société --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- History [Military ] --- Mediterranean region --- Military weapons - Islamic Empire. --- Military history, Medieval --- Armaments --- Combat weapons --- Instruments of war --- Munitions --- Military supplies --- Weapons --- Disarmament --- Medieval military history

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In this first comparative treatment of charity and charitable institutions in Islam and Muslim societies of the Middle East, Yaacov Lev mines a variety of primary sources, including Arabic chronicles, dictionaries, waqf (pious endowment) deeds, and epigraphic evidence.

Waqf --- Endowments --- Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations --- Charitable remainder trusts --- Donations --- Charities --- Charity laws and legislation --- Juristic persons --- Trusts and trustees --- Uses (Law) --- Charitable bequests --- Charitable foundations --- Charitable trusts --- Educational endowments --- Endowed charities --- Foundations (Endowments) --- Philanthropy --- Private foundations --- School endowments --- Education and state --- Awqāf --- Evkaf --- Vaqf --- Vkaf --- Wakf --- Islamic law --- History. --- Law and legislation --- History

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In sum, the book shows that the administrative and political history of the judiciary in medieval Egypt implicitly and explicitly illuminates broader questions about religious and social forces that shaped the lives of medieval people in the Middle East, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

Justice, Administration of --- Justice, Administration of. --- Law, Medieval. --- History --- Egypt.

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Fatimid history is a chapter of both Mediterranean and Islamic history. In the period covered by the book (10th-12th centuries) profound changes took place in the Eastern Mediterranean affecting the history of the region. Divided into three parts this study deals with the political history of the Fatimid period, the structure of the Fatimid state and the interplay between state and society. The book is a contribution to the study of Islamic military history addressing such topics as: the formation and upkeep of black slave armies, the role of Christian-Armenian troops in twelfth-century Egypt and military and naval aspects of the Fatimid wars with the Crusaders. Other topics examined are the internal policies of the Fatimid state: notably, among them, the religious policies of the Fatimid regime, the involvement of the state in the urban life of the Fatimid capital city, Fustat-Cairo, and Fatimid attitudes toward non-Muslim communities.

Fatimites --- Middle East and Islamic Studies