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The criminal underworld in a medieval Islamic society: narratives from Cairo and Damascus under the Mamluks

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0970819986 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780970819987 (hbk.)
Author	Petry, Carl F. 1943-
Title	The criminal underworld in a medieval Islamic society : narratives from Cairo and Damascus under the Mamluks / [by] Carl F. Petry
Publisher	Chicago : Middle East Documentation Center, 2012
Physical desc.	viii, 365 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	Chicago studies on the Middle East 9
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-345) and index.
Contents	Introduction: the criminal underworld in a medieval Islamic society -- Public disturbance: from violence to opportunism -- Theft and brigandage: predation versus complicity -- Corruption and fraud: mendacity refined -- Morals and vice: policing the irrepressible -- Primordial criminality: religious dissidence -- Homicide: litigating the intolerable -- 'Smart crime': conspiracy, espionage, and counterfeiting -- Managing crime: between principle and expediency -- Summary reflections.
Subject	Crime -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History -- To 1500
	Criminals -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History -- To 1500
	Crime -- Syria -- Damascus -- History -- To 1500
	Criminals -- Syria -- Damascus -- History -- To 1500
	Mamelukes
	Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517
	Syria -- History -- 1260-1516

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