Searching for a royal spouse at the Mamluk court of Cairo in the fifteenth century [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 21, February 2017]
by Albrecht FUESS
“Whoever does not marry an Egyptian woman, says Imam al-Shafi‘i, will never obtain the full wisdom” (Abdar-Raziq 1973, 123). This saying introduces the topic of the current paper well as choosing a spouse will always have direct consequences, in this case it is meant Continue reading How to marry right →
Mariages royaux dans le monde turco-persan au seuil du XVe siècle* [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 14, July 2016]
par Michele BERNARDINI
À partir du XIVe siècle, l’époque post-mongole apparaît comme particulièrement intéressante pour sa conception du maintien du pouvoir politique dans l’Orient musulman : la question fondamentale étant ici la nécessité d’affirmer une légitimité crédible Continue reading Pouvoir et lignage féminin →
Five Waqf Endowments by Fāḍila daughter of Shaykh Muḥammad al-Bakrī, 1619-1629 [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 11, April 2016]
by Adam SABRA
The construction of a family tomb that may also function as a shrine is critical moment in the construction of a dynasty. Although this phenomenon is most closely associated with Sufism, ruling families also built family tombs, usually as part of larger waqf complexes. Continue reading Building a Family Shrine in Ottoman Cairo →
Étude du cas ottoman à l’époque moderne ; analyse rétrospective de la démarche scientifique élaborée et ses suites [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 7, December 2015]
by Juliette DUMAS
Les historiens ottomanistes de l’époque moderne font preuve d’une extrême prudence face à l’usage du vocable nobiliaire. D’une aristocratie ottomane, il ne serait absolument pas être question ! (voir Kunt 1983). Parler de noblesse semble tout aussi incongru. S’il Continue reading Noblesse ou pas noblesse ? Telle est la question →
Families, Authority and Knowledge in the Early Modern Middle East (15th–17th centuries)