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Le sultan de papier. Reconstruction d'une lettre mamelouke pour le Sahel
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Dewiere, Remi (2020) Le sultan de papier. Reconstruction d'une lettre mamelouke pour le Sahel. Terrains, 73 . pp. 187-205. doi:10.4000/terrain.20497 ISSN 1777-5450.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4000/terrain.20497
Abstract
This article aims to study the materiality of diplomatic relations between Mamluk Egypt and the Mali and Borno sultanates by reconstructing a Mamluk diplomatic letter from 1440, which has now disappeared. Using the Computer-Assisted Drawing and 15th century Mamluk chancery manuals, it is possible to reconstruct a Mamluk pseudo-letter from a copy of a letter authorizing the Sultan of Takrūr’s visit to Cairo for the pilgrimage to Mecca. The reproduction of an artefact of Mamluk power for the Islamic rulers of the Sahel is an opportunity to test the chancery standards enunciated by the Mamluk secretaries on a text that is deprived of its validation marks. Above all, the analysis of the result makes it possible to question the material role of letters in transsaharan diplomatic exchanges, in the context of the diplomacy of the ḥaǧǧ of Sahelian sultans as well as the material flows of the written materials on both sides of the Sahara.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History D History General and Old World > DT Africa |
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Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Arts > History |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Terrains | ||||||
ISSN: | 1777-5450 | ||||||
Official Date: | April 2020 | ||||||
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Volume: | 73 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 187-205 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.4000/terrain.20497 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Rémi Dewière, « Le sultan de papier », Terrain [En ligne], 73 | avril 2020, mis en ligne le 09 octobre 2020, consulté le 03 mars 2021. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/terrain/20497 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/terrain.20497 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 March 2020 | ||||||
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