A New Approach in Analyzing the Correspondences’ Instrumentation in Mamluk Egypt: 'A Case Study of Stories' (648-923 AH /1250-1517 AD)

Since the initial emergence of Islamic civilization, the societal mind retained its traditional practices, even if the tool differed. In our modern history, we see a diversity in all written correspondence that relied on the extent of the development that occurred in human thought, it was able to reproduce all the first habits, including those media such as: The sheets, letters, and stories on which the study focused on that including: political practices, and features of societal communication and participation, stemming from the rules of culture within the Egyptian civilization in the Mamluk era.
The current study focused on the historical era, which begins with the linguistic and idiomatic definition of the stories, then the historical beginning of the use of stories in Islamic Egypt until the establishment of the Mamluk state, in which the use of stories became an essential part in many of its aspects, it had the effect of documenting the class reality of the Mamluk society, while responding to the desires and needs of those different classes.
It also documented some of the causes of popular rebellions and uprisings and emphasized its participation in matters of governance and administration. The study also indicated how the stories move between the special class, providing a clear picture of their general form, where and how they are presented to the person responsible for looking into them.