from Part I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2019
Bidlisi journeyed by ship from Istanbul to Alexandria, and from there he continued up the Nile as far as Cairo.1 His arrival in the Mamluk capital several months before the departure of the Egyptian pilgrimage caravan afforded him time to meet with prominent residents of the city, including the sultan, Qansawh al-Ghawri, and leading members of the Mamluk court.2 Indeed, even before his arrival in Cairo, Bidlisi asserts that Qansawh took an interest in news of his approach and sent a welcoming party to greet the scholar.3
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