Везде
Pseudoheraldry on Mamluk Coins
Table of contents
Annotation Estimate Publication content
References Comments
Share
QR
Metrics
Pseudoheraldry on Mamluk Coins
Annotation
PII
S207987840032139-1-1
DOI
10.18254/S207987840032139-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Kirill Elokhin 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7661-5691
Affiliation: Institute of World History RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Volume 15 Issue 7 (141)
Abstract

The article discusses signs depicted on the coins of the Mamluks, which had been minted for several centuries of their rule in Egypt and Syria. Some of these signs seem to be borrowed from European heraldry. Such signs could be inherited by sultan’s successors, even despite the change of dynasties. Based on this knowledge, some Western and Russian specialists believe that heraldry did exist in the culture of the Mamluks. The article provides arguments that refute this point of view. The author argues that the Mamluks had their own emblematic system, only partially similar to European heraldry, but based on completely different principles in a completely different society. Formation of this emblematic system was affected by the peculiar structure of the Mamluk state, the elitism of those who had the right to have their own emblem. As for the coins, when they were used, the signs depicted on them could serve as certain markers for use in commercial transactions. The ideology and propaganda were secondary to the economic ones.

Keywords
heraldry, pseudoheraldry, mamluks, middle ages, egypt, coins, numismatics, emblematics
Received
04.03.2024
Publication date
30.08.2024
Number of characters
37208
Number of purchasers
0
Views
57
Readers community rating
0.0 (0 votes)
Cite Download pdf 200 RUB / 1.0 SU

To download PDF you should pay the subscribtion

Full text is available to subscribers only
Subscribe right now
Only article and additional services
Subscription benefits
200 RUB / 1.0 SU
Whole issue and additional services
Subscription benefits
920 RUB / 10.0 SU
All issues and additional services for 2024
Subscription benefits
5000 RUB / 50.0 SU

References

1. Bek K. Istoriya Venetsii. M.: Ves' Mir, 2002.

2. Tsyganova L., Yevstafiev D. Communicative and Visual Processes as Indicators of Social Atomization of Society // ISTORIYA. 2019. Vol. 10. Issue 4 (78). URL: https://history.jes.su/s207987840005005-4-1/ DOI: 10.18254/S207987840005005-4.

3. Elokhin K. Spanish Royal Private and Family Badges in Propaganda on Coins of the 16th Century // ISTORIYA. 2019. Vol. 10. Issue 4 (78). URL: https://history.jes.su/s207987840004980-7-1/ DOI: 10.18254/S207987840004980-7.

4. Zvarich V. V. Numizmaticheskij slovar'. L'vov: Vyscha shkola, 1979.

5. Zelenev E. I. Egipet: Srednie veka. Novoe vremya. SPb.: Izdatel'stvo Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta, 1999.

6. Luchitskaya S. I. Voobrazhaemaya geral'dika saratsin: tsveta i figury // Signum. Tsentr gerbovedcheskikh i genealogicheskikh issledovanij; Institut vseobschej istorii RAN / otv. red. A. P. Chernykh. Vyp. 5. M.: IVI RAN, 2010.

7. Ruver R. de. Vozvyshenie i upadok Banka Medichi. Stoletnyaya istoriya naibolee vliyatel'noj v Evrope dinastii bankirov. M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2019.

8. Teplyakova A. N. Geral'dicheskie znaki i ikh imitatsii v srede Mamlyukov Bakhri na primere kollektsii Otdela Vostoka // Geral'dika — vspomogatel'naya istoricheskaya distsiplina. Materialy seminara. SPb., 2017.

9. Fengler Kh., Girou G., Unger V. Slovar' numizmata. M.: Radio i svyaz', 1993.

10. Filippov A. Stanovlenie gosudarstva mamlyukov v Egipte vo vtoroj polovine XIII v. Minsk: IVTs Minfina, 2021.

11. Chernykh A. P. Bernabe Moreno de Vargas o razlichiyakh gerbov (XVII v.) // Latinoamerikanskij istoricheskij al'manakh. № 34. 2022.

12. Chernykh A. P. Poyavlenie gerbov kak problema gerbovedeniya i istorii XII veka // Srednie veka: issledovaniya po istorii Srednevekov'ya i rannego Novogo vremeni. Vyp. 74 (3-4). M.: Nauka, 2013.

13. Allan J. W. Mamlük Sultanic Heraldry and the Numismatic Evidence: A Reinterpretation // JRAS. No. 2. 1970.

14. Ashtor E. Les mitaux précieux et la balance des payements du proche-orient à la basse époque. P., 1971.

15. Bacharach J. L. Circassian Monetary Policy: Copper // Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. February, 1976. Vol. 19. No. 1 (February, 1976).

16. Bacharach J. L. Signs of Sovereignty: The “Shahāda”, Qurʾanic Verses, and the Coinage of ʿabd Al-Malik // Muqarnas, 2010. Vol. 27 (2010).

17. Balog P. New Considerations on Mamluk Heraldry // American Numismatic Society Museum Notes. No. 22. 1977.

18. Balog P. The Coinage of the Mamlūk Sultans of Egypt and Syria // Numismatic Studies. No. 12. The American Numismatic Society. N. Y., 1964.

19. Bates M. L. Islamic Numismatics // Sections 1 and 2 appeared in MESA Bulletin. Vol. XII. No. 2. 1 May 1978.

20. Castro N. de. A porcelana chinesa e os brasões do Império. Barcelos: Companhia Editora do Minho, S. A., 1987.

21. Conde y Cervantes J.I. Las armas reales de España en la porcelana china de exportación // Amaya Garritz y Javier Sanchiz (coordinación). Genealogía, heráldica y documentación. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 2014.

22. El-Akkad T. A. The Aesthetics of Islamic Architecture & The Exuberance of Mamluk Design. Trabajo de investigación para la obrención del Titulo del Doctorado. Barcelona: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 2013.

23. Frey A. R. A Dictionary of Numismatic Names: their Official and Popular Designations // American Journal of Numismatics. 1916. Vol. 50.

24. Hillenbrand C. The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives. N. Y.: Routledge, 2000.

25. Hiltmann T. Spätmittelalterliche Heroldskompendien Referenzen adeliger Wissenskultur in Zeiten gesellschaftlichen Wandels (Frankreich und Burgund, 15. Jahrhundert) // Pariser Historische Studien herausgegeben vom Deutschen Historischen Institut. P.; Oldenbourg; Verlag; München, 2011.

26. Leaf W. Developments in the System of Armorial Insignia During the Ayyūbid and Mamluk Periods // Palestine Exploration Quarterly. Vol. 115. Is. 1. 1983.

27. Luchitskaya S. Muslims in Christian Imagery of the 13th century // Al-Masaq. Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean. 2000. Vol. 12.

28. Marcel J. J. Vocabulaire français-arabe des dialectes vulgaires africains; d’Alger, de Tunis, de Marok, et d’Égypte. P.: C. Hingray, 1837.

29. Mayer L. A. Saracenic Heraldry. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1933.

30. Meloy J. L. Copper Money in Late Mamluk Cairo: Chaos or Control? // Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 2001. Vol. 44. No. 3.

31. Mrs. Bury Palliser. Historic Devices, Badges, and War-Cries. L.: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870.

32. Noback C., Noback F. Vollständiges Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maaß.- und Gewichts-Verhältnisse, Staatspapire des Wechsel- und Bankwesens und der Usamen aller Länder und Handelsplätze. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1851.

33. Ruggero G. Annotazioni Numismatiche Genovesi. XXIV. Di una grossa moneta per il Levante // Gnecchi F., Gnecchi E. Rivista Italiana di Numismatica pubblicata per cura della Società Numismatica Italiana. Milano: L. F. Cogliati Tipografo, 1895.

34. Schrötter F. F. V. Wörterbuch der Münzkunde. B.; Leipzig: Verlag Von Walter De Gruyter & Co, 1930.

35. Schultz W. C. Mahmûd Ibn 'Alî And The “New Fulûs”: Late Fourteenth Century Mamluk Egyptian Copper Coinage Reconsidered // American Journal of Numismatics. 1998. Vol. 10.

36. Schultz W. C. Mamluk Coins, Mamluk Politics and the Limits of the Numismatic Evidence // Developing Perspectives in Mamluk History. Essays in Honor of Amalia Levanoni / ed. Ben-Bassat Y. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2017.

37. Schultz W. C. Mamluk Monetary History: A Review Essay // Mamlūk Studies Review. Vol. 3. 1999.

38. Tiberini S. Araldica e storia sociale: possibili esempi perugini tra medioevo ed età moderna // Bollettino della Deputazione di storia patria per l’Umbria, CXI (2014), fasc. I—II.

39. Wasserstein D. J. Coins as Agents of Cultural Definition in Islam // Poetics Today 14:2 (Summer 1993).

Comments

No posts found

Write a review
Translate