Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Damascus and its surrounding region
- 2 Damascus in the thirteenth century
- Introduction
- 1 The acyān of Damascus, 590/1193–750/1350
- 2 Madrasas, the production of knowledge, and the reproduction of elites
- 3 Manṣabs and the logic of fitna
- 4 Social and cultural capital
- 5 Truth, error, and the struggle for social power
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Index
List of abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Damascus and its surrounding region
- 2 Damascus in the thirteenth century
- Introduction
- 1 The acyān of Damascus, 590/1193–750/1350
- 2 Madrasas, the production of knowledge, and the reproduction of elites
- 3 Manṣabs and the logic of fitna
- 4 Social and cultural capital
- 5 Truth, error, and the struggle for social power
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary

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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995