John L Meloy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1443496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John L Meloy |
| GIVEN NAMES | John L |
| FAMILY NAME | Meloy |
| SIGNATURE | MELOY J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mecca reoriented
This article examines the chronicles composed by Meccan authors ʿIzz al-Dīn ibn Fahd and his son Jār Allāh ibn Fahd in order to trace continuities and transformations across the turn of the sixteenth century. Mecca’s reliance on donations of voluntary alms, especially the donations that were sent on a regular basis from the Mamluk and Ottoman sultans to sustain the population of the city, is well known. The Meccan chroniclers provide sufficient d…
The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony
Money and Sovereignty in Mecca
The sharifs of Mecca in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries minted coins that formed the basis of the local monetary system. The Meccan dirham, debased during this period until it was reduced to a copper coin, was an expression of the monetary autonomy of the sharifs and a means of profit for the monetary authorities
Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade
The Privatization of Protection
This article examines privatized forms of protection (himāyah ), and especially extortion, during the Circassian Mamluk period as reported in contemporary chronicles and a tract calling for administrative reform. Protection rackets were characterized by a symbiotic relationship between "protectors" and state officials. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of extortion for our understanding of the effective power of the Maml…
The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks
Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency
John L. Meloy, Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency: The Red Sea Spice Trade and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Fifteenth Century, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 2003), pp. 1-19
Copper Money in Late Mamluk Cairo
This paper investigates the copper money system of the Late Mamluk period (1468-1517) using numismatic and textual evidence from Cairo. Numismatic evidence is associated with contemporary chronicle reports of recoinages and devaluations of the copper currency, which serves to explain how the various issues of copper money (fulūs) were issued and how they related to each other. This investigation provides evidence for the dating of one undated coi…
Overland trade in the western Islamic world (fifth–ninth/eleventh–fifteenth centuries)
Introduction Overland trade in the western half of the Islamic world was conducted through an extensive network of routes connecting cities and towns from western Asia to North Africa and across the Sahara to Central and West Africa. Long-distance trade was a complex enterprise, requiring knowledge of diverse markets and commodities and access to an extensive support system providing expertise in navigation on long routes most often across harsh …
The Islamic Baths of Palestine . Martin Dow
Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Poteries et proverbs d'Égypte
News of Fellows and Scholars
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Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency
John L. Meloy, Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency: The Red Sea Spice Trade and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Fifteenth Century, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 2003), pp. 1-19
News of Fellows and Scholars
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Poteries et proverbs d'Égypte
Overland trade in the western Islamic world (fifth–ninth/eleventh–fifteenth centuries)
Introduction Overland trade in the western half of the Islamic world was conducted through an extensive network of routes connecting cities and towns from western Asia to North Africa and across the Sahara to Central and West Africa. Long-distance trade was a complex enterprise, requiring knowledge of diverse markets and commodities and access to an extensive support system providing expertise in navigation on long routes most often across harsh …
The Islamic Baths of Palestine . Martin Dow
Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Copper Money in Late Mamluk Cairo
This paper investigates the copper money system of the Late Mamluk period (1468-1517) using numismatic and textual evidence from Cairo. Numismatic evidence is associated with contemporary chronicle reports of recoinages and devaluations of the copper currency, which serves to explain how the various issues of copper money (fulūs) were issued and how they related to each other. This investigation provides evidence for the dating of one undated coi…
The Armenian Kingdom and the Mamluks
Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency
John L. Meloy, Imperial Strategy and Political Exigency: The Red Sea Spice Trade and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Fifteenth Century, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 2003), pp. 1-19
The Privatization of Protection
This article examines privatized forms of protection (himāyah ), and especially extortion, during the Circassian Mamluk period as reported in contemporary chronicles and a tract calling for administrative reform. Protection rackets were characterized by a symbiotic relationship between "protectors" and state officials. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of extortion for our understanding of the effective power of the Maml…
Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade
Money and Sovereignty in Mecca
The sharifs of Mecca in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries minted coins that formed the basis of the local monetary system. The Meccan dirham, debased during this period until it was reduced to a copper coin, was an expression of the monetary autonomy of the sharifs and a means of profit for the monetary authorities
The Judges of Mecca and Mamluk Hegemony
Mecca reoriented
This article examines the chronicles composed by Meccan authors ʿIzz al-Dīn ibn Fahd and his son Jār Allāh ibn Fahd in order to trace continuities and transformations across the turn of the sixteenth century. Mecca’s reliance on donations of voluntary alms, especially the donations that were sent on a regular basis from the Mamluk and Ottoman sultans to sustain the population of the city, is well known. The Meccan chroniclers provide sufficient d…
History (12 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · Islamic Studies and History (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Mamluk (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Fifteenth (4 works)