Book of Donmon Teith

How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyz

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

Abd al-Rahman III (891 - 961) was the greatest of the Umayyad rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During his reign, Islamic Spain became

Explores the interactions between Britain and the Islamic world from 1558 to 1713, showing how much scholars, diplomats, traders, captives, travellers, clerics,

While the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk realm in 1516-17 doubtlessly changed the balance of political power in Egypt and Greater Syria, the changes must be see