Properties

There are 33 property types organised in 5 property groups

Titles

standard title = most commonly used name for the manṣab, as explicitly instructed by text fragment

inshāʾ title = full name for the manṣab as encountered in manuals and documents

alternative title = alternatives for the above, as less commonly found, but yet explicitly mentioned in relevant text fragment

Place

region = larger geographical entity where the manṣab is to be situated

bilād = ‘province’, ie. geographical level between region & city/ district/citadel

city = name of the town or city where the manṣab is to be situated

district = name of the village or district where the manṣab is to be situated

citadel = name of the citadel where the manṣab is to be situated

superior institution = manṣab to which this one is formally attached (incl. sulṭān)

subordinate institution = manṣabs that have this one as their superior

administrative purview = explicit source fragment references mentioning information on the administrative purview of the holder of a manṣab, without explicitly mentioning other manṣabs

cursus honorum = formal position/rank in the official range of manṣabs, as explicitly referred to in the text fragment

Military rank

none = no military rank, according to explicit reference in text fragment

low = low (5/10) rank, according to explicit reference in text fragment

middle = middle (40) rank, according to explicit reference in text fragment

high = high (100/1,000) rank, according to explicit reference in text fragment

Duties

military = manṣab involves military duties and stands for concomitant ranks in the military hierarchies of the Cairo sultanate (eg. muqaddam, bāshā, ʾamīr 5 ...)

value = organisation, leadership, action, general, other

local = manṣab involves duties that concern its bearer’s executive authority and management responsibilities in a circumscribed locality or capacity (= nāʾibs, kāshifs, wālīs & some ʾamīrs [including tribal and village chiefs])

value = hospitality, employment, management, intelligence, general, action, other

household = manṣab involves duties linked one way or another to the organisation of the ruler’s/military leader’s household (bayt) / that were set up to look after the needs of his person, family and/or troops

value = amīr/sulṭān, troops, family, stables, storerooms, kitchen, general, other

public = manṣab involves duties linked one way or another to public representation of the ruler’s/local representative’s power and authority, incl. the organisation and management of public sessions, processions & courts of justice

value = law & order, organization, general, other

religious = manṣab involves duties that concern its bearer’s authority and/or responsibilities concerning the administration of sharīʿa justice (qāḍīs, muḥtasibs etc...), the transmission of religious knowledge (ʿilm), and the coaching of mystic practices

value = consulting, education, justice, khuṭba, ʾawqāf

administrative = manṣab involves duties that concern its bearer’s authority and/or responsibilities concerning the administration of correspondence (inshāʾ) and other non-financial aspects of administration, as organised in the dīwāns

value = issuing, registering

financial = manṣab involves duties that concern its bearer’s authority and/or responsibilities concerning the administration of all financial matters (taxes, income, payments, grants, iqṭāʿ, waqf...), as organised in dīwāns (eg. nāẓir, mustawfī, shādd ...)

value = accounts, pay roll, taxes, general, other

central = manṣab involves duties that concern its bearer’s authority and/or responsibilities as transcending all other categories

value = employment, management, intelligence, registration, general, other

other = manṣab involves duties that do not fit into any of the other types

value = general

Prerogatives

salary = manṣab gives right to monthly salary, paid in cash and/or kind

value = jāmakīya, stipend, nafaqa, general, other

iqṭāʿ = manṣab gives right to assignment of direct (mostly fiscal) income from (mostly rural) usufruct

value = high, low, middle, general, other

attire = manṣab involves entitlement to specific types of garments

value = as per source

gifts = manṣab involves entitlement to certain regular gifts

value = general

status = manṣab involves entitlement to prescribed positions at public occasions & ceremonies

value = ceremony, emblems, banners

reward = manṣab involves entitlement to a compensation bestowed for achieved enterprises (e.g. raids)

value = general, residence

AOCB

numbers = explicit source fragment references to numbers of persons that simultaneously perform/represent a manṣab(often linked to place/time, but yet relevant as a property)

value = as per source

documents = manṣab involves documents

value = manshūr, taqlīd, tawqīʿ, waraqa, waṣīya