Protectors or praetorians? The last Mamlūk sultans and Egypt's waning as a great power. By PetryCarl F.. (SUNY Series in Medieval Middle East History.) pp. xv, 280, 4 maps. Albany, NY, State University of New York Press, 1994. US $19.95. Struggle for domination in the Middle East: the Ottoman–Mamluk war 1485–91. By Har-ElShai. (The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Vol. 4.) pp. xix, 238, 7 illus.,
... [Show full abstract] 7 maps and plans. Leiden etc., E.J. Brill, 1995. NLG 115, US $65.75. - Volume 7 Issue 1 - Robert Irwin