Zur Diplomatik mamlūkischer Verwaltungsdokumente
Mamlūk chanceries followed elaborated specifications in writing official documents. Chancery manuals define these specifications, but it is often difficult to correlate their data to preserved original documents. Even an extensive works as al-Qalqashandī's Ṣubḥ al-aʿshā lacks a consistent typol...
| Published in: | Der Islam |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Published: |
De Gruyter
[2019]
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| In: |
Der Islam
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mamelucken
/ Administration
/ Document
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Diplomatics
B Mamlūks B al-Qalqashandī B official documents; decrees; letters |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Mamlūk chanceries followed elaborated specifications in writing official documents. Chancery manuals define these specifications, but it is often difficult to correlate their data to preserved original documents. Even an extensive works as al-Qalqashandī's Ṣubḥ al-aʿshā lacks a consistent typology of chancery products that corresponds to preserved examples. This paper analyses all edited Mamlūk official documents - decrees, letters, reports, treaties, etc. - and tries to arrange them in a typology based on hierarchical relation between the document's issuer and its recipient. For types, a model for their formularies and information on its paper's measurements and layout are given. Despite the apparent uniformity of Mamlūk documents, we can show continuous developments in chancery practice, until the scribes established at the end of the 14th century fixed formularies that stayed in use until the Ottoman conquest. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0928 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Der Islam
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/islam-2019-0029 |