Researcher: Kristof D'hulster This sub-project explores the role of translation in the formation and early stages of the Ottoman-Turkic literary corpus, by juxtaposing this with its role in the ...

After their defeat in the Battle of Ridaniya in 1517, the Mamluks began guerrilla warfare against the Ottomans in Cairo’s streets and alleys with the vital help of ordinary Egyptians.

Furthermore, because the Ottomans taxed many landed awqāf at a rate of 10 per cent, endowments made during Mamluk rule that were retained as such by the Ottoman state are also named in the ...

But unlike the Mamluks of Egypt, who had Friday prayers performed in the name of a caliph who had no real authority, the Ottoman sultans had long since organized this rite, which was fundamental ...

Furthermore, because the Ottomans taxed many landed awqāf at a rate of 10 per cent, endowments made during Mamluk rule that were retained as such by the Ottoman state are also named in the ...

"Their potential for studying environmental and land use has not been realised. Furthermore, because the Ottomans taxed many landed awqāf at a rate of 10 per cent, endowments made during Mamluk rule ...