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The Mamluk Sultanate as a Military Patronage State: Household Politics and the Case of the Qalāwūnid bayt (1279-1382) by Van Steenbergen, Jo

“…Abstract This article focuses on the conceptualisation of Mamluk socio-political organisation in late thirteenth and early to mid-fourteenth-century Egypt and…”
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Why Do We Need a New Textbook? by Van Steenbergen, Jo

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Caught between heredity and merit: the amir Qūṣūn and the legacy of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn (d. 1341) by Van Steenbergen, Jo

“…From medieval times until today ideas of heredity through lineage and of merit through slave status have jostled for pre-eminence as explanations for…”
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Truth and Politics in Late Medieval Arabic Historiography: the Formation of Sultan Barsbāy’s State (1422‒1438) and the Narratives of the Amir Qurqumās al-Shaʿbānī (d. 1438) by Steenbergen, Jo Van, Nieuwenhuyse, Stijn Van

“…Throughout al-Ashraf Barsbāy’s reign as sultan of Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1422‒1438), one of the main performers and representatives of his expanding authority…”
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The Mamlukization of the Mamluk Sultanate? State Formation and the History of Fifteenth Century Egypt and Syria: Part II - Comparative Solutions and a New Research Agenda by Van Steenbergen, Jo, Wing, Patrick, D'hulster, Kristof

“…This is the second of two connected articles that aim to offer a new perspective on the history of late medieval Egypt and Syria, on 15th‐century political…”
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Qalāwūnid Discourse, Elite Communication and the Mamluk Cultural Matrix: Interpreting a 14th-Century Panegyric by Steenbergen, Jo Van

“…Abstract This article analyses a brief panegyric text from mid-14th-century Egypt, authored by the court scribe Ibrāhīm b. al-Qaysarānī (d. 1352) and dedicated…”
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The Mamlukization of the Mamluk Sultanate? State Formation and the History of Fifteenth Century Egypt and Syria: Part I - Old Problems and New Trends by Van Steenbergen, Jo, Wing, Patrick, D'hulster, Kristof

“…This is the first of two connected articles that aim to offer a new perspective on the history of late medieval Egypt and Syria, on 15th‐century political…”
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"Is anyone my guardian . . . ?" Mamlūk Under-age Rule and the Later Qalāwūnids by Steenbergen, Jo Van

“…Succession to the Mamlūk sultanate is one of those thorny issues that keep bothering historians. Within an environment that did not generally favour heredity…”
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Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History: Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni, ed. Yuval Ben-Bassat by Van Steenbergen, Jo

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L’exercice du pouvoir à l’âge des sultanats. Production, manifestation, réception, Dossier sous la direction de Irene Bierman et Sylvie by Steenbergen, Jo Van

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Caught between heredity and merit: the amir Qūṣūn and the legacy of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn (d. 1341)1 by Van Steenbergen, Jo

“…From medieval times until today ideas of heredity through lineage and of merit through slave status have jostled for pre-eminence as explanations for…”
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Mamluk authorities and Anatolian realities: Jānibak al-Ṣūfī, sultan al-Ashraf Barsbāy, and the story of a social network in the Mamluk/Anatolian frontier zone, 1435–1438 by ADRIAENSSENS, VEERLE, VAN STEENBERGEN, JO

“…This article engages with the 838–841/1435–1437 Anatolian adventures of the Mamluk amir Jānibak al-Ṣūfī. It demonstrates how Jānibak's narrative is a…”
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Jānibak al-Ṣūfī, sultan al-Ashraf Barsbāy, and the story of a social network in the Mamluk Anatolian frontier zone, 1435–1438 – CORRIGENDUM by ADRIAENSSENS, VEERLE, VAN STEENBERGEN, JO

“…The authors and the Journal apologise for the following errors in this article: The coloured cartouches mentioned under the map on the 24 th page have been…”
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Corrigendum by ADRIAENSSENS, VEERLE, VAN STEENBERGEN, JO

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The Amir Yalbughā al-Khāṣṣakī, the Qalāwūnid Sultanate, and the Cultural Matrix of Mamlūk Society: A Reassessment of Mamlūk Politics in the 1360s by Van Steenbergen, Jo

“…[...] Yalbugha al-Khassaki was one of those who rose to power in this traditional framework of Mamluk politics, a framework of military leadership, household…”
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Denise Aigle (dir.) Le Bilad al-Šām face aux mondes extérieurs. La Perception de l’Autre et la représentation du pouvoir, études arabes, médiévales by Steenbergen, Jo Van

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Denise Aigle (dir.) Le Bilad al-Šām face aux mondes extérieurs. La Perception de l’Autre et la représentation du pouvoir, études arabes, médiévales et modernes, PIFD 275, Presses de l’Ifpo : Damas - Beyrouth, 2012, 425 p by Jo Van Steenbergen

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Nasser Rabbat: Mamluk History through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt and Syria. (Library of Middle East History.) xiv, 261 pp. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2010. ISBN 978 84511 964 5 by Van Steenbergen, Jo

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L’exercice du pouvoir à l’âge des sultanats. Production, manifestation, réception, Dossier sous la direction de Irene Bierman et Sylvie Denoix, Annales islamologiques 46 (2012), Institut Français d’archéologie orientale, Le Caire, 2013, 289 p by Jo Van Steenbergen

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The Amir Yalbugh[a.bar] al-Kh[a.bar]ssak[i.bar], the Qal[a.bar]w[u.bar]nid sultanate, and the cultural matrix of Maml[u.bar]k society: a reassessment of Maml[u.bar]k politics in the 1360s by Van Steenbergen, Jo

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