Ibn al-Furat chronicles the rampant violence in 1281 Cairo, detailing incidents like the stabbing of a water-seller and the murder of a tailor, illustrating just how fragile law and order were.
The chaos of medieval Cairo, as noted by Ibn al-Furat, reveals a society struggling with high crime rates, where all too often justice was executed harshly and visibly.
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