The Social Customs in the Islamic Egypt Starting from the Fatimid Period ending to the Mamluk Period

Abstract

The social studies did not receive a lot of research by historians of that era, where they focused on the study of the conditions of the ruling class as well as the political and economic aspects received a large share of their interest and did not directly and clearly exposed the details of social life of the public in the Fatimid era has been excavated between the lines of these events and The general perception of the social life and social habits is complete. It was necessary to investigate the living reality of that life by studying the conditions of the Egyptian family and highlighting the status and role of women on the social level. That society by studying the customs and traditions and accompanying phenomena and celebrations and festivals and their ways in the fun and music and entertainment and the distinctive character of their clothes and their food and drink and their home and it will certainly give us a perception of the social life of the public and customs and traditions of that era, and the social pattern of any society is the interaction of the elements of the environment and social conditions With historical dimensions and political events that affect the lives of individuals so that they adapt through their suffering with those around them and the surrounding changes reflecting their behavior and their view of life and their relationships and their association, which constitutes in End of the social pattern that characterizes the lives of living during that period under study, it is recognized that social life are slowly change it is always characterized by stability and stability on the exact opposite of the political and economic life characterized by rapidly change variables that occur on society, may punish the history of Egyptian society Many variables and the mixing of this society with others in the movement of tides and influence and influence, and the succession of many religions, cultures and political tendencies, which influenced the behavior of individuals and their view of life and what they called the relations and linkages distinguish them from others From the societies of other countries, Egypt, as the capital of the Fatimid caliphate , was able to attract many elements of different nationalities who influenced the customs and traditions of Egyptian society to a large extent that made it different in form and subject from other societies in the Middle Ages. It was also characterized by a kind of stability and stability in many cases.