A Call to Arms

This article offers an edition, translation, and study of a hitherto unknown text about Ayyubid or early Mamluk Alexandria. The author, one Abū Khuzayma Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb, gives a short yet rich description of the city based as much on Alexandria’s real cityscape as on legends. The text tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jelle Bruning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2020-10-01
Series:Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/8410