This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan s disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the signi
Early Mamluk Diplomacy is based on treaties between the Mamluk sultans of Egypt, Baybars (1260-77) and Qalawun (1279-90), and Christian rulers.The General Introduction describes the Arabic literary so
Tsugitaka (history, U. of Tokyo) examines the evolution of Islamic state and society from the 10th to the 14th century, focusing on the history of the allocated tax revenue system. He traces the histo
This is an extensive study of labour in the social and economic life of Islamic communities around the Mediterranean in the medieval period, 9th-15th century.Based on a large number of primary and sec
This book presents the 'Chapter on Satan' (Bab al-shaytan) from a long unrecognized Ismaili work called the Kitab al-shajara by the fourth/tenth-century Khurasani dai, Abu Tammam.The satans of Abu Tam
Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship treats of the holy sites of the Muslims in Jerusalem and the ceremonies and pilgrimage to these places during the early Muslim period. It is based principally on
This architectural history of the Citadel of Cairo uses indices from maps, photographs, plans of hitherto unstudied structures, and a large array of historical documents to chronologically reconstruct
Berkel (medieval history, U. of Amsterdam), Cheikh (history, American U. of Beirut), Kennedy (Arabic, U. of London) and Osti (Arabic language and literature, U. of Milan) sample the ample contemporary
This study analyzes the less-known writings of Majd al-Din al-Firuzabadi, an Arabic lexicographer and scholar of the 14th century most known for being the author of the Qamus al-muhit. Works studied i
In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world, present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic tradition in honor of a leading scholar and teacher, Dr.
This critical Arabic text edition of Salwat al- rif n wa-uns al-musht q n, a manual of early Sufism by Ab Khalaf al- abar (d. ca. 470/1077), is based on a very old manuscript preserved in D r al-Kutub
