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“Is anyone my guardian . . . ?” Mamlūk Under-age Rule and the Later Qalāwūnids

“Is anyone my guardian . . . ?” Mamlūk Under-age Rule and the Later Qalāwūnids Succession to the Mamlūk sultanate is one of those thorny issues that keep bothering historians. Within an environment that did not generally favour heredity of military/political status, a frequent tendency towards dynasticism remains difficult to explain, the Qalāwūnids (678–784/1279–1382) offering a case in point. This article analyses the age of accession of the later Qalāwūnids (741–784/1341–1382) and challenges the generally accepted view that they were mostly politically weak minors and mere stopgaps to a failing political system. It argues that there was a dynastic reflex at work, which combined with the specific political circumstances of the mid-fourteenth century and which resulted in the paradox of a very active, but continuously contested Qalāwūnid sultanate. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

“Is anyone my guardian . . . ?” Mamlūk Under-age Rule and the Later Qalāwūnids

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“Is anyone my guardian . . . ?” Mamlūk Under-age Rule and the Later Qalāwūnids

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Succession to the Mamlūk sultanate is one of those thorny issues that keep bothering historians. Within an environment that did not generally favour heredity of military/political status, a frequent tendency towards dynasticism remains difficult to explain, the Qalāwūnids (678–784/1279–1382) offering a case in point. This article analyses the age of accession of the later Qalāwūnids (741–784/1341–1382) and challenges the generally accepted...
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Abstract

Succession to the Mamlūk sultanate is one of those thorny issues that keep bothering historians. Within an environment that did not generally favour heredity of military/political status, a frequent tendency towards dynasticism remains difficult to explain, the Qalāwūnids (678–784/1279–1382) offering a case in point. This article analyses the age of accession of the later Qalāwūnids (741–784/1341–1382) and challenges the generally accepted view that they were mostly politically weak minors and mere stopgaps to a failing political system. It argues that there was a dynastic reflex at work, which combined with the specific political circumstances of the mid-fourteenth century and which resulted in the paradox of a very active, but continuously contested Qalāwūnid sultanate.

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Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean – Taylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 2007

Keywords: Mamlūk sultanate; Rulership – underage rulers; Egypt – politics; Qalāwūnid dynasty

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