Analysis of the April-1281 Tezkire on the Duties and Responsibilities of the Administration in the Mamluk State Order Cover Image

Memlûk Devlet Düzeninde Yönetimin Görev ve Sorumluluklarına Dair Nisan-1281 Tarihli Tezkire’nin Tahlili
Analysis of the April-1281 Tezkire on the Duties and Responsibilities of the Administration in the Mamluk State Order

Author(s): Ahmet Sağlam
Subject(s): History of Law, Military history, 13th to 14th Centuries, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Mamluk State; administrators; tazkire; martial law decisions;

Summary/Abstract: When the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun (1279-1290) moves to Syria with her army to fight the Mongols, martial law is declared in Egypt. Kalavun's son as heir Salih Ali in Egypt, published to Zaynaddin Ketboğa a tazkire that dated April-1281 containing the martial law decisions. Tezkire talks about the duties and responsibilities of administrators in the context of state-security-service. These decisions are important state affairs in the flow of daily life such as the judiciary, law, justice, security, transportation, service, trade, land, fair tax system, control of civil servants and state affairs. In addition, the healthy living conditions of the detainees, It also includes issues such as meeting the needs of the detainees such as churches and baths. Tazkire decisions aiming to ensure the flow of daily life in Egypt during wartime without causing a possible instability are always valid state policies aiming at state order and social welfare. In our article, we will talk about this tezkire, which was narrated as a full text by İbnü'l-Furât (d. 1405) and Kalkaşendî (d. 1418).

  • Issue Year: 9/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-77
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish