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by D. S. Richards (Author)
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
Author Biography
D.S. Richards is an Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford.