124th Annual Meeting (January 7-10, 2010): Illuminating the Importance of Islands and Maritime Interaction Points in Islamic Empires, Part 2: The Mediterranean World

Illuminating the Importance of Islands and Maritime Interaction Points in Islamic Empires, Part 2: The Mediterranean World

AHA Session 203

Saturday, January 9, 2010: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Marina Ballroom Salon E (Marriott)

Chair:

Brian A. Catlos, University of California at Santa Cruz and University of Colorado at Boulder

Papers:

The Island of Cyprus in the Early Islamic World: Harmonizing Legal and Geographical Visions
John J. Curry IV, University of Las Vegas

Commanders of Sea Raids (wulat ghazw al-bahr): Early Islamic Maritime Policy in the Syrian Coast
Rana Mikati, University of Chicago

"Our Ships Are Horses": The Anti-Crusader Defense Strategy of the Mamluks, 1250–1517
Albrecht Fuess, CNRS - Université de Tours

Sea Ghazis, Warrior Priests, and One Ottoman Patron's Articulation of Just War, c. 1497–1508
Nabil Sirri Al-Tikriti, University of Mary Washington

Comment:

The Audience

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