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Mustafa Banister
University of Toronto
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Mamluk Studies
Arabic
13th-18th Centuries
Central Asian Studies
Historiography
Persian
Medieval
Mediterranean Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Central Asia
Iran
Specialties
Caliphal Authority Post-Mongol Period.
Islamic Political History.
Caliphate.
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (intermediate)
French (advanced)
German (advanced)
Urdu (fluent)
Turkish (elementary)
Education
MA | 2006 | Center for Middle Eastern Studies | University of Chicago
BS | 2003 | History | Eastern Michigan University
Abstracts
Revisiting Abbasid Authority in Mamluk Cairo Walking the Political Tight-Rope: Ibn Khaldūn’s Dissection of Kingship and Classical Islamic Authority in Mamlūk Egypt Princesses Born to Concubines: A First Visit to the Women of the Abbasid Household in Mamluk Cairo