Patronage and Poetry in the Islamic World

Jocelyn Sharlet

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History | nr. 24
• Panegyric poetry, in both Arabic and Persian, was one of the most important genres of literature in the medieval Middle East and Central Asia. Jocelyn... Lees meer

The Secret War in Afghanistan

Panagiotis Dimitrakis

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict with the indigenous Afghan Muja... Lees meer

The Struggle for Modern Turkey

Sabiha Sertel

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Sabiha Sertel was born into revolution in 1895, as an independent Turkey rose out of the dying Ottoman Empire. The nation's first professional female ... Lees meer

Imperial Perceptions of Palestine

Lorenzo Kamel

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The Palestine Exploration Fund, established in 1865, is the oldest organization created specifically for the study of the Levant. It helped to spur ev... Lees meer

Ottoman Haifa

Alex Carmel

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History | nr. 2
• Under Ottoman rule, the city of Haifa, located at the southern point of the largest bay on the coast of what today is Israel, was transformed from a s... Lees meer

The Struggle for the State in Jordan

Jamie Allinson

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Why do the states of the Arab world seem so unstable? Why do alliances between them and with outside powers change? Jamie Allinson argues that the ans... Lees meer

Islamic Jerusalem and Its Christians

Maher Y Abu-Munshar

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Islamic Jerusalem has a special place in the hearts of the three monotheistic religions. Throughout its history it has been the site of tolerance and ... Lees meer

Gendering Culture in Greater Syria

Fruma Zachs, Sharon Halevi

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The Nahda (lit. 'the Awakening') was one of the most significant cultural movements in modern Arab history. By focusing on the neglected role of women... Lees meer

The Almohads The Rise of an Islamic Empire

Allen J Fromherz

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Fromherz, drawing on medieval Arabic and Berber sources, analyses the myths and history surrounding the origins and rise of the Almohad Empire. He sho... Lees meer

Crime, Poverty and Survival in the Middle East and North Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The concept of the 'dangerous classes' was born in a rapidly urbanizing and industrializing nineteenth century Europe. It described all those who had ... Lees meer

Zionism in Damascus

Yaron Harel

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The beginning of the twentieth century was a period that saw far-reaching change in the political and geographical landscapes of the Middle East. From... Lees meer

From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt

Maged S a Mikhail

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The conquest of Egypt by Islamic armies under the command of Amr ibn al-As in the seventh century transformed medieval Egyptian society. Seeking to un... Lees meer

A History of the Tajiks

Richard Foltz

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• In this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex li... Lees meer

The Day Begins at Sunset

Barbara Freyer Stowasser

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History | nr. 48
• The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and relig... Lees meer

Averroes, Kant and the Origins of the Enlightenment

Saud M S Al Tamamy

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History | nr. 46
• The twelfth-century philosopher Averroes is often identified by modern Arab thinkers as an early advocate of the Enlightenment. Saud M. S. Al-Tamamy d... Lees meer

Diplomacy in the Early Islamic World

Maria Vaiou

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Arab messengers played a vital role in the medieval Islamic world and its diplomatic relations with foreign powers. An innovative treatise from the 10... Lees meer

Mamluk History through Architecture

Nasser O Rabbat

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History | nr. 21
• The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture. Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval arch... Lees meer

The Origins of Visual Culture in the Islamic World

Mohammed Hamdouni Alami

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• In tenth-century Iraq, a group of Arab intellectuals and scholars known as the Ikhwan al-Safa began to make their intellectual mark on the society aro... Lees meer

Empire and Tribe in the Afghan Frontier Region

Hugh Beattie

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Waziristan, a region on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has in recent years become a flash point in the so-called 'War on Terror'. Hugh B... Lees meer

Muslim-Christian Engagement in the Twentieth Century

Charles Fletcher

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Christian-Muslim dialogue grows increasingly important, but little is known about individual Muslim dialogical thinkers. Born in Palestine in 1921, Is... Lees meer

Berber Government

Hugh Roberts

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• The Berber identity movement in North Africa was pioneered by the Kabyles of Algeria. But a preoccupation with identity and language has obscured the ... Lees meer

Inventing Lebanon

Kais M. Firro

• Hardcover | Library of Middle East History
• This study examines the history behind an idea: a new polity of "Greater Lebanon". It shows how, under the powerful influence of the French Mandate, v... Lees meer

The Ottoman Cities of Lebanon

James A Reilly

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical and brutal ... Lees meer

Religion and Mysticism in Early Islam

Muhammad Ali Aziz

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Middle East History
• Scholar, mystic and visionary, Ibn 'Alwan lived through the transition from Ayyubid to Rasulid rule in thirteenth-century Yemen. He was well known in ... Lees meer