Sultan Barqūq and his Complaining Subjects in the Royal Stables

Fumihiko Hasebe

doi:10.1080/09503110903343333

Sultan Barqūq and his Complaining Subjects in the Royal Stables

Fumihiko Hasebe

Department of History

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Abstract

In 789/1387, Sultan al-Żāhir Barqūq (r. 784–792/1382–89, 793–802/1390–99), the founder of the Circassian Mamluk State, moved the royal mażālim sessions for hearing petitions from Dār al-‘Adl, the time-honoured building at the centre of the Cairo Citadel, to the Royal Stables situated in the peripheral and lower enclosure of the Citadel. Thereafter, Barqūq utilised the stable area as a stronghold of his new paternalistic rule. This paper examines the background, political intention, and social meaning of this important change, with special attention to various actions of urban and rural Egyptian people during the two reigns of the sultan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-330
Number of pages	16
Journal	Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09503110903343333
Publication status	Published - 2009 Jan 1

Keywords

Barqūq, Mamlūk sultan
Cairo, Egypt–citadel
Circassian Mamluks
Egypt–administration
Mażālīm institution
Popular movements
Urban space

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History
Religious studies

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