Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam
Subtitle: Mamluk Egypt, 12501517 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521034746
Subjects: World history; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; History - General History; History: World; Egypt; Middle East - General; Poverty; History / Middle East; Poverty--Egypt--History--1250-1517; Poverty--Egypt--History--1250-1517 Poverty--E; Social Science-Poverty
First sentence: The social history of the premodern Middle East is a subject in its infancy.