A Decisive Phase of Intense Diplomatic Negotiations between the Mamluk Sultanate and Western Powers (the Crown of Aragon, and the Republics of Genoa and Venice), 1288–1293/AH 687–692

The end of the Latin States of the East in 1291 was a decisive stage in the crusades and in the relations between Christians and Muslims, as historiography has long emphasised. However, in the context of this major conflict, some Western powers—the Republics of Genoa, Venice and the Crown of Aragon—managed to define compromise and exchange agreements of various kinds, which were quite remarkable and which for a long time have gone unnoticed, despite their great originality. This article focuses on the negotiations and the audacious double peace treaty concluded between the Aragonese and Mamluk rulers in 1290 and 1293. It draws on the remarkable archival documentation that has survived on this subject, in particular the Arabic and Catalan versions of the treaty, which has come to new attention thanks to recent developments in the historiography of diplomatic relations in the Middle Ages, both in the Christian West and in the Muslim Levant

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Catalan · Compromise · Historiography · Humanities · Mamluk · Negotiation · Peace treaty · Political science · Politics · Presumption · Treaty · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades

• Early Mamluk Diplomacy (1260-1290)

  P M Holt•Early Mamluk Diplomacy (1260-1290)•1995

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