The volume contains twenty three contributions to the political,
institutional, religious and cultural history of Egypt and Greater Syria
in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras (10th-15th centuries). These are
the revised and sometimes enlarged versions of papers read at three
colloquia organized by the section of Arabic and Islamic Studies of the
KULeuven in 1992, 1993 and 1994. The authors, all distinguished European
scholars, meet each year in Leuven to discuss current research in their
field.