Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Maps 1. Introduction 2. The Reigns of al-Ashraf Qaytbay and Qansuh al-Ghawri 3. Beleaguered Bulwark: The Mamluk State and International Politics 4. The Mamluk Institution: A Victim of Success 5. Economic Dilemmas: Heightened Demand, Static Resources 6. Coping with Crisis: Overt Inertia 7. Surmounting Crisis: Covert Innovation 8. Conclusions Appendices Works Cited Index

About the Author

Carl Petry is Professor of History at Northwestern University.