ABSTRACT

When originally published in 1901, this volume related for the first time the History of Egypt in the Middle Ages, from its conquest by the Saracens in 640 to its annexation by the Ottoman Turks in 1517 in a continuous narrative apart from the general history of the Muslim caliphate.

chapter I|13 pages

The Arab Conquest

636-641

chapter II|45 pages

A Province Of The Caliphate

641-868

chapter III|33 pages

Ṭūlūn And Ikhshīd

868-969

chapter IV|25 pages

The Shī‘A Revolution

969

chapter V|41 pages

The Fāṭimid Caliphs

chapter VI|32 pages

The Attack From The East

969-1171

chapter VII|22 pages

Saladin

1169-1193

chapter VIII|30 pages

Saladin's Successors (The Ayyūbids)

1193-1250

chapter IX|34 pages

The First Mamlūks

1250-1277

chapter X|47 pages

The House Of Ḳalā·Ūn

1279-1382

chapter XI|35 pages

The Circassian Mamlūks

1382-1517