Egypt until 1517 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Egypt until 1517 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Petry, Carl Forbes

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061500
Doc. NO	:	ALei1897
Main Entry	:	Petry, Carl Forbes
Title & Author	:	Egypt until 1517 - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Petry, Carl Forbes
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,469 words)
Abstract	:	Occupied by Arab forces in 19/640, Egypt emerged as a preeminent province in the Islamic empire, ruled by the Umayyad and ʿAbbāsid dynasties. Attaining autonomy under the Turkish governor Aḥmad b. Ṭūlūn in 254/868, Egypt became an independent power in the Middle East and North Africa over the next century. Subsequent establishment of a Shīʿī caliphate under the Fāṭimids and a Sunnī sultanate by the Ayyūbids, restructured by the Mamlūks, consistently emphasised agrarian exploitation of the Nile Valley, control over Syria, and domination of Red Sea trade routes,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1897.pdf