Poverty and Charity in Medieval Islam
Subtitle: Mamluk Egypt, 12501517 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521772914
Subjects: African history: c 500 to c 1500; Asian studies; Poverty; World history: c 500 to C 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History - General History; Philanthropy & Charity; Islam; Mamelukes; History: World; Egypt; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; Poverty--Egypt--History--1250-1517; Charities; Islam - General; Middle East - Egypt; 1250-1517; Attitudes; Economic conditions; History
First sentence: The social history of the premodern Middle East is a subject in its infancy.