التجار وأثرهم على المجتمع المصري في العهد المملوكي (648-923هـ / 1250-1517م)

Abstract

This study examined the impact of traders on Egyptian society in the Mamluk era, because they have important place . They are the friends of the Sultans and their entourage, and they are highly respected by the sultans. They enjoyed great influence and occupied social positions. They were wholesalers and brokers and they became world traders and mediators in the sale of good , many of them , Especially kemalism. They distinguished the public by their close relationship with traders. As result as the high prices experienced by the society during the periods of this study as well as the stability and its association with local production and the fluctuation of the movement of traders and affected by the Mamluk policy, especially in imposing of taxes on the one hand, and the monopoly of the sultans of some goods for their own account on the other hand