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Mamluks in the Modern Egyptian Mind: Changing the Memory of the Mamluks, 1919-1952
Il Kwang Sung
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Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3H; 3J; HBJH; HBTS; HPS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
This book explores how modern Egyptians understand the Mamluks and reveals the ways in which that historical memory is utilized for political and ideological purposes. It specifically examines the representations of the Mamluks from two historical periods: the Mamluk Sultanate era (1250-1517) and the Mamluks under the Ottoman era (1517-1811) focusing mostly on the years 1760-1811. Although the Mamluks have had a great impact on the Egyptian collective memory and modern thought, the subject to date has hardly been researched seriously, with most analyses given to stereotypical negative representations of the Mamluks in historical works. However, many Egyptian historians and ... Read more
This book explores how modern Egyptians understand the Mamluks and reveals the ways in which that historical memory is utilized for political and ideological purposes. It specifically examines the representations of the Mamluks from two historical periods: the Mamluk Sultanate era (1250-1517) and the Mamluks under the Ottoman era (1517-1811) focusing mostly on the years 1760-1811. Although the Mamluks have had a great impact on the Egyptian collective memory and modern thought, the subject to date has hardly been researched seriously, with most analyses given to stereotypical negative representations of the Mamluks in historical works. However, many Egyptian historians and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137557124
SKU
V9781137557124
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About Il Kwang Sung
Sung Il Kwang is a Research Fellow in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea. He was a correspondent of Yonhap News Agency in Jerusalem (2008-2012). He was Secretary of the Korean Association of Middle Eastern Studies. He received his PhD from Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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