caa a22 4500 386351422 CHVBK 20180307111832.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0035869X00109244 doi S0035869X00109244 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0035869X00109244 Holt P. M. Mamluk-Frankish diplomatic relations in the reign of Qalāwūn (678-89/1279-90) [Elektronische Daten] [P. M. Holt] Two important contemporary authors provide primary sources for the history of Qalāwūn's reign. The first of these, Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʽAbd al-Ẓahir, had been the head of Baybars's chancery, and continued to hold office, possibly until his death in 692/1293. He was, however, overtaken during his lifetime by his son, Fatḥ al-Dīn, whom Qalāwūn appointed to the new post of confidential secretary (kātib al-sirr). Muḥyī al-Dīn was the author of Baybars's official biography, a Rawḍ al-zāhirfisirat al-Malik al-Ẓāhir - indeed one might say that he ghosted the memoirs recounted to him by the sultan. In due course he also produced the official biography of Qalāwūn, Tashrlf al-ayyām wa 'l-'uṣūr fi sīrat al-Malik al-Manṣūr, of which unfortunately only the latter part, beginning with the year 680/1281-82, is now extant. A great deal of the value of this work lies in the state papers it transmits. These include the texts of truces with the Templars, Acre, Lesser Armenia, and the Lady Margaret of Tyre, as well as treaties (also formally truces in Islamic international law) with Aragon and Genoa. Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1989 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland Cambridge University Press 121/2(1989-04), 278-289 0035-869X 121:2<278 1989 121 JRA https://doi.org/10.1017/S0035869X00109244 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0035869X00109244 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Holt P. M. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland Cambridge University Press 121/2(1989-04), 278-289 0035-869X 121:2<278 1989 121 JRA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge