This laudable work offers a study, translation and partial edition of one of the most important early Mamluk sources and its author. In addition to the work's contribution to Mamluk history, it also makes a significant contribution towards the ultimate goal of having the key texts of early Mamluk historiography accessible to scholars. In volume I the life and work of al-YÅ«nÄ«nÄ« (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed. Volume II is an edition of the years 697-701/1297-1302 of al-YÅ«nÄ«nÄ«'s Chronicle, collated with the extant fragments of al-JazarÄ«'s (d. 1338) hÌ£awÄdith al-zamÄn .
Early Mamluk Syrian Historiography (2 Vols) : Al-Yūnīnī's Dhayl Mir'āt Al-zamān