books.google.fr - Spanning the greater part of the thirteenth century, the career of the Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, al-Mansur Qalawun, is of great interest for the light it sheds on the major themes of early Mamluk history: the emergence of a new political and administrative structure, characterized by increased...http://books.google.fr/books/about/From_Slave_to_Sultan.html?hl=fr&id=DivRsJGJaKwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareFrom Slave to Sultan
