The Ottomans and the Mamluks: Imperial Diplomacy and Warfare in the Islamic World
In the case of a study devoted to diplomatic relations between two Muslim powers in the premodern period, it would be inconceivable to pay no heed to the issue of diplomatics, which hinges, among other things, on the conventions, protocols, and formulae widely used by those who composed the document...
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Published in | International Journal of Turkish Studies Vol. 21; no. 1/2; pp. 163 - 166 |
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Format | Book Review |
Language | English |
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International Journal of Turkish Studies
01.01.2015
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Summary: | In the case of a study devoted to diplomatic relations between two Muslim powers in the premodern period, it would be inconceivable to pay no heed to the issue of diplomatics, which hinges, among other things, on the conventions, protocols, and formulae widely used by those who composed the documents that were the vehicles of the leaders' political and ideological language. Here she details the various steps followed by the respective chanceries when preparing a diplomatic mission: selection of the envoy (the author uses indifferently the terms ambassador, envoy, and messenger without mentioning the words used by her sources, e.g., in the Mamluk sources, qasid, envoy), preparation of the letter, choice of the gifts, the arrival, housing and audience as well as the return of the ambassador. |
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ISSN: | 0272-7919 |