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Dewiere, Remi (2020) Ressusciter l’archive. Reconstruction et histoire d’une lettre mamelouke pour le sultan du Takrūr (1440). Annales Islamologiques, 54 . pp. 237-274. doi:10.4000/anisl.8085
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4000/anisl.8085
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 artifact 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 trans-Saharan 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: | 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 P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
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| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Arts > History |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Annales Islamologiques | ||||
| Publisher: | Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale du Caire | ||||
| ISSN: | 2429-2850 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||
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| Volume: | 54 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 237-274 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.4000/anisl.8085 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||
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