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Mongol Origins in Mamluk Texts: An Origo Gentis in Ibn al-Dawādārī's Durar al-Tījān and Kanz al-Durar

  • 1. Radboud University Nijmegen

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This article examines the Mongol origin story presented in Ibn al-Dawādārī's surviving works, Kanz al-durar and Durar al-tījān, from the perspective of origines gentium (sing. origo gentis), the literary genre of myths describing the origin and descent of peoples, with a particular focus on the function this story had for Ibn al-Dawādārī's contemporaries.

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Mamlūk Studies Review is an annual (bi-annual from 2003 to 2009), Open Access, refereed journal devoted to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517). See http://mamluk.uchicago.edu for further information.

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Mamlūk Studies Review, Vol. XXIV (2021)