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OverviewThis new paperback is a Revised Edition with new preface. When scholars of Middle Eastern and Islamic history consider Mecca or its region, the Hijaz, they tend to focus on either the first century of Islam, when the city and region became briefly the centre of an incipient empire, or the twentieth, when the city was the centre of the Arab Revolt. More than a thousand years of history in between are relatively unknown. The pre-modern imperial cities of Damascus, Baghdad, and Cairo quickly superseded Mecca as centres of politics and long-distance trade, leaving Islam’s premier holy city with its singular role as the destination of the great pilgrimage. Of course, the religious significance of Mecca attracted the attention of neighbouring rulers, such as the Mamluk sultans of Cairo, who claimed sovereignty over the city to enhance their reputations as paramount Muslim rulers in the later medieval period. Using sources composed by late medieval Meccan scholars alongside the more well-known Mamluk material, this study presents the history of late medieval Mecca and the Sharifs who ruled the city by examining their relations with local and global forces: their alliances with local groups in the Hijaz, their relations with the imperial centre of Mamluk Cairo, and their reliance on the maritime trade of the Indian Ocean. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John L. MeloyPublisher: University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center Imprint: University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center Edition: 2nd Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.527kg ISBN: 9780991573202ISBN 10: 099157320 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 31 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Map 1: The Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean Map 2: The Central Hijaz Preface to the Revised Edition Introduction The Rise of Mecca in the Later Middle Ages: Politics and Historiography Local Contexts of Maritime Trade in Mecca Brokering Power in Mecca: Mamluk Seasonal Domination and the Rule of the Sharifs,797–824/1395–1421 Mamluk Expansion and Meccan Resistance, 824 – 41/1421–38 Forging Mutual Interests, 841–67/1438–63 Mecca as Sultanate: Foundations of Economic Power, 867–903/1463–97 Politics, Trade, and the New Dispensations in Mecca, 903–23/1497–1517 Conclusion: Mecca’s Loss of Splendid Isolation Appendix A: Comparative Political Periodization of the Mamluk Sultanate and the Meccan Sharifate and Amirate, 797–931/1395–1525 Appendix B: Genealogical Charts of the Shar?fs,7th–10th/13th–16th c. Appendix C: Maritime Traffic between Jedda and Indian Ocean and Red Sea Ports, 876–944/1471–1537 Bibliography IndexReviews
Author InformationJohn L. Meloy is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Archaeology at the American University of Beirut. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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