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By D.S. Richards

Providing a latest English translation of a key collection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umar?’s Mas?lik al-abs?r, this publication deals a wealthy description of Egypt and Syria less than the Mamluks within the first 1/2 the fourteenth-century A.D. It offers a desirable photo of the actual and administrative geography of this significant quarter in addition to insights into its society and the association and functioning of the Mamluk state.

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