Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period: An Extract from Ibn Fa?l Allah Al-�Umari's Masalik Al-Ab

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari's Masālik al-absār, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well a