@inproceedings{7ff2733f02354c57818f452a65661874,
title = "If a Governor Falls in Damascus:: Early Mamluk historiography analyzed through the story of Sayf al-Din Karay al-Mansuri",
abstract = "This article explores 6 different contemporary accounts of the arrest of the Damascene governor, Amir Karay in 1311 AD. The article argues that each chronicler who wrote about the event framed it to reflect his own ideological agenda and support his personal strategic quest for recognition and socio-political influence. ",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, Historiografi, Damaskus, Mamluksultanatet, Islamisk historie",
author = "Olsen, {Rasmus Bech}",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1163/9789004458901_010",
language = "English",
series = "Islamic History and Civilization",
publisher = "Brill",
pages = "319--348",
editor = "{Van Steenbergen}, {Jo } and Taormina, {Maya }",
booktitle = "New Readings in Arabic Historiography from Late Medieval Egypt and Syria",
address = "Netherlands",
}