Papers by Yehoshua Frenkel
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies: Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics . Edited by Frédér... more Mamluk Cairo, a Crossroads for Embassies: Studies on Diplomacy and Diplomatics . Edited by Frédéric Bauden and Malika Dekkiche. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 161. Leiden: Brill, 2019. Pp. xxvii + 881. $179, €149 (cloth); $162, €135 (ebook).
Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History, 2017
women in mamluk society
Crossroads between Latin Europe and the Near East: Corollaries of the Frankish Presence in the Eastern Mediterranean (12th-14th centuries), 2011
Abū l-Fidā al-Ḥamawī (672/1273-732/1331) witnessed the final stage of the Islamic conquest of the... more Abū l-Fidā al-Ḥamawī (672/1273-732/1331) witnessed the final stage of the Islamic conquest of the Frankish territories along the Syrian coasts. The well-known Syrian prince and warrior participated in violent events, and was a witness to the capture of Acre (690/1291) by the Mamluk armies. 1 In his "Concise History of Humanity" he incorporated the following synopsis: "By these conquests (futūḥāt) all the [Syrian] coastlands (al-bilād al-sāḥiliyya) were brought back to Islam-an event too great to be hoped for or wished. Syria and the coastlands were purged of the Franks after they had been on the brink of taking Egypt and taking possession of Damascus and other places in Syria". 2 The control of the former Frankish strongholds along the Syrian seashore served as a source of prestige. Al-Malik al-Ashraf Khalīl Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn b. Qalāwūn (689/1290-693/1293), the sultan who commanded the Mamluk armies in the last phase of the fighting against the Crusaders, boasted himself to be the vanquisher of the Frankish enemy. He designated himself as: "the destroyer (hādim) of Acre and the coastal provinces (al-bilād al-sāḥiliyya)". 3 Long decades after the conquest of Acre, when the victory was a remote event, Mamluk sultans still plumed themselves with their predecessors' accomplishments. They posted monumental inscriptions that reflect the importance assigned by them to this achievement. A round Mamluk medallion bears the inscription: "Glory to our master, the sultan al-Malik al-Nāṣir, the possessor of the Egyptian territories, the Syrian provinces and the littoral fortresses". 4 Yet, the Mamluk victories in the battlefields and the withdrawal of the Latin Kingdom from Palestine did not end the violent conflicts between the sultans of Egypt and Syria and the naval forces of several European nations. The ongoing ex-1
Ottoman Studies / Osmanistische Studien, 2016
Ḍawʾ al-sārī li-maʿrifat ḫabar Tamīm al-Dārī (On Tamīm al-Dārī and His Waqf in Hebron)
This chapter contains the edition and translation of Ibn Ḥaǧar al-ʿAsqalānī's al-Ǧawāb al-ǧal... more This chapter contains the edition and translation of Ibn Ḥaǧar al-ʿAsqalānī's al-Ǧawāb al-ǧalīl ʿan ḥukm balad al-Ḫalīl. Ibn Ḥaǧar concentrates on the concession that the Prophet granted Tamīm al-Dārī. It has been established that several passages in Ḍawʾ al-sārī are to be identified expressis verbis in Ibn Ḥaǧar's al-Ǧawāb al-ǧalīl. In order to simplify the comparison between the texts, cross references to Ibn Ḥaǧar's opuscule can be found in the right margin of the translation. Keywords: Ibn Ḥaǧar's al-Ǧawāb al-ǧalīl; Tamīm al-Dārī
Ḍawʾ al-sārī li-maʿrifat ḫabar Tamīm al-Dārī (On Tamīm al-Dārī and His Waqf in Hebron), 2014
This chapter describes the edition and translation of al-Suyūṭī's al-Faḍl al-ʿamīm fī iqṭāʿ T... more This chapter describes the edition and translation of al-Suyūṭī's al-Faḍl al-ʿamīm fī iqṭāʿ Tamīm. Several decades passed before Ǧalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (849-911/1445-1505) compiled (in 871/1466) his short booklet on the question of Tamīm and Hebron, entitled al-Faḍl al-ʿamīm fī iqṭāʿ Tamīm [The encompassing merit on the granting of a concession to Tamīm]. An edition and translation of this tractate is provided at the end of Ibn Ḥaǧar's text. The translation follows the Arabic original quite faithfully, though it is not a word-for-word rendering: the result is a smooth text accessible to Arabists and non-Arabists alike. For the Qurʾānic verses cited in the text, the author has adopted Arberry's translation. Keywords: al-Faḍl al-ʿamīm fī iqṭāʿ Tamīm; al-Suyūṭī; Arberry's translation; Ibn Ḥaǧar's text
Dieu crea l'Homme, « homme et femme » il les crea. Dans ce volume, des specialistes des scien... more Dieu crea l'Homme, « homme et femme » il les crea. Dans ce volume, des specialistes des sciences des religions, et des theologiens de huit pays de l'Union europeenne analysent la reception de cette idee qui est commune au judaisme, au christianisme et a l'islam. Les articles proposent une reflexion sur cette idee de creation « homme et femme » dans les textes sacres des trois religions que sont la Bible hebraique, le Nouveau Testament, le Talmud, le Coran et meme la Kabbale. Les principaux themes abordes sont le contexte juridique et social de cette affirmation ainsi que les transformations operees sur le droit matrimonial et/ou la definition de soi en tant qu'homme ou femme.
War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean, 7th-15th Centuries, 1997
the history sounds, both governmental and civil, as n additional tool in studying social and poli... more the history sounds, both governmental and civil, as n additional tool in studying social and political history of the sultanate
Towns and Material Culture in the Medieval Middle East, 2002
The Mamluk Empire as a Node in (Trans-)Regional Networks, 2014
politics, culture and ethnic images in late middle Islamic period
The Convergence of Judaism and IslamReligious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions, 2011
a study in minority historiography - analyzes the use of Islamic historical narratives by Jews an... more a study in minority historiography - analyzes the use of Islamic historical narratives by Jews and others in medieval Egypt and Bilad al-Sham
Quaderni di Studi Arabi, 2002
Al-Masaq, 2014
Abstract While modern scholars, medieval European and anachronistic Arab sources paint a portrait... more Abstract While modern scholars, medieval European and anachronistic Arab sources paint a portrait of Mamlūk Alexandria as a bustling and thriving international port, contemporary Arabic writings of the second half of the ninth/fifteenth and the first quarter of the tenth/sixteenth centuries present quite a different image. This article analyses Arabic chronicles to demonstrate that, from the Cairene perspective, Alexandria was a frontier city that was utilised as a jail for banished political prisoners. In contrast to other parts of their realm, investment in Alexandria by the Mamlūk regime was largely limited to fortifying it against seaborne threats; the sultans did little to embellish the city for civilian or religious purposes. Thus, the city was marginalised, politically and socially, even while still maintaining its role as a gateway to Egypt.
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