D.S. Richards 
Egypt and Syria in the Early Mamluk Period [PDF ebook] 
An Extract from Ibn Fadl Allah Al-‚Umari’s Masalik Al-Absar Fi Mamalik Al-Amsar

Providing a modern English translation of a key selection of Ibn Fadl Allah al-`Umari’s Masalik al-absar, this book offers a rich description of Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks in the first half of the fourteenth-century A.D. It provides a fascinating snapshot of the physical and administrative geography of this crucial region as well as insights into its society and the organization and functioning of the Mamluk state.