Download or read book The Mamluks in Egyptian and Syrian Politics and Society written by Michael Winter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of studies by leading historians on central aspects of the Mamluk Empire of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517), and of Ottoman Egypt (16th-18th century) where the Mamluks survived under the Ottoman suzerainty.