Sufism & Mamluk-era Egypt

Before the reform program, before the exile, Mansour was a Mamluk-period social historian. The dissertation work on Sufi institutions in Mamluk Egypt is methodologically separable from the later theological writing — it is straightforward historical scholarship, and it stands on its own.

Reading the Mamluk work first is sometimes the easiest entry into Dr. Mansour for readers who are uncertain about the methodological positions; the historical writing pulls them in without requiring agreement.