This volume is a collection of research essays submitted by fellows of the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, an Advanced Center of Research in Mamluk Studies. It covers three themes, which correspond to the research agenda of the final three academic years of the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg. These were: environmental history, material culture studies, and im/mobilitiy. The aim of the articles is to overcome the disciplinary boundaries of our field and to engage in scholarly debates in Ottoman Studies, European history, archaeology and art history, and even the natural sciences.