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Indian ocean trade and sultanic authority: the nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk political economy

Patrick Wing (UGent)
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Faced with a mounting economic crisis, the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Barsbāy (r. 1422- 1438) sought new sources of revenue from the commercial economy of the Red Sea port of Jedda, which was emerging in the 15th century as a hub for maritime trade between the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean. This article examines the career of the first nāẓir, or financial supervisor, of Jedda, a Coptic secretary appointed by Sultan Barsbāy. A glimpse at his career sheds light on strategies employed by the Mamluk sultan to align his household bureaucracy with the business of trade at Jedda and the interests of influential merchant networks, as well as the limitations of such strategies.
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Jedda, Mamluk, Indian Ocean, Barsbay, khawajakbiyya

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Wing, Patrick. “Indian Ocean Trade and Sultanic Authority: The Nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk Political Economy.” JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT, vol. 57, no. 1, Brill, 2014, pp. 55–75, doi:10.1163/15685209-12341342.
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Wing, P. (2014). Indian ocean trade and sultanic authority: the nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk political economy. JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT, 57(1), 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341342
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Wing, Patrick. 2014. “Indian Ocean Trade and Sultanic Authority: The Nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk Political Economy.” JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 57 (1): 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341342.
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Wing, Patrick. 2014. “Indian Ocean Trade and Sultanic Authority: The Nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk Political Economy.” JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT 57 (1): 55–75. doi:10.1163/15685209-12341342.
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Wing P. Indian ocean trade and sultanic authority: the nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk political economy. JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT. 2014;57(1):55–75.
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P. Wing, “Indian ocean trade and sultanic authority: the nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk political economy,” JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ORIENT, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 55–75, 2014.
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{55--75}},
  publisher    = {{Brill}},
  title        = {{Indian ocean trade and sultanic authority: the nāẓir of Jedda and the Mamluk political economy}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341342}},
  volume       = {{57}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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