Research Article

Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts

Number: 49 January 31, 2023
  • Büşra Sıdıka Kaya
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Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts

Abstract

The diversity of education in the madrasas contributed to different social groups’ feelings of belonging to the Mamluk community as well as to the formation of identity awareness. This study aims to examine the ranks the civil elite of the Mamluk period held in various scholarly and bureaucratic positions and the contribution of the texts they produced to the development of a Mamluk identity. Contrary to previous processes, the Mamluk ulama displayed a more conscious understanding of the Mamluk identity in their texts about the history of the Mamluk state and power. This study discusses how the ulama, who obtained scholarly or bureaucratic ranks because of various relationship networks they formed, constructed a Mamluk identity in their historical texts.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Büşra Sıdıka Kaya This is me
0000-0002-5799-6684
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 31, 2023

Submission Date

March 8, 2022

Acceptance Date

October 21, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 49

APA
Kaya, B. S. (2023). Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, 49, 33-66. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1235729
AMA
1.Kaya BS. Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023;(49):33-66. doi:10.26570/isad.1235729
Chicago
Kaya, Büşra Sıdıka. 2023. “Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 49: 33-66. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1235729.
EndNote
Kaya BS (January 1, 2023) Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi 49 33–66.
IEEE
[1]B. S. Kaya, “Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts”, İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 49, pp. 33–66, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.26570/isad.1235729.
ISNAD
Kaya, Büşra Sıdıka. “Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 49 (January 1, 2023): 33-66. https://doi.org/10.26570/isad.1235729.
JAMA
1.Kaya BS. Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023;:33–66.
MLA
Kaya, Büşra Sıdıka. “Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts”. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 49, Jan. 2023, pp. 33-66, doi:10.26570/isad.1235729.
Vancouver
1.Büşra Sıdıka Kaya. Creation of Mamluk Social Identity Through Madrasas and Production of Texts. İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2023 Jan. 1;(49):33-66. doi:10.26570/isad.1235729

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