If a Governor Falls in Damascus:: Early Mamluk historiography analyzed through the story of Sayf al-Din Karay al-Mansuri

Rasmus Bech Olsen

If a Governor Falls in Damascus: Early Mamluk historiography analyzed through the story of Sayf al-Din Karay al-Mansuri

Rasmus Bech Olsen

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Abstract

This article explores 6 different contemporary accounts of the arrest of the Damascene governor, Amir Karay in 1311 AD. The article argues that each chronicler who wrote about the event framed it to reflect his own ideological agenda and support his personal strategic quest for recognition and socio-political influence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies
Editors	Jo Van Steenbergen, Maya Taormina
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Publication status	Submitted - 15 Jan 2019

Series	Islamic History and Civilization
ISSN	0929-2403

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities

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If a Governor Falls in Damascus: Early Mamluk historiography analyzed through the story of Sayf al-Din Karay al-Mansuri. / Olsen, Rasmus Bech.

Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies . ed. / Jo Van Steenbergen; Maya Taormina. Leiden : Brill Academic Publishers, 2019. (Islamic History and Civilization).

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