History

ISBN: 9780674055599
Published by : Harvard University Press
Few figures of the Middle Ages, and certainly few Muslim leaders, have had such a consistently good image in both west and east as Saladin, something which presents difficulties as well as oppurtunities to the historian when assessing his reign... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107004337
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Muslim conquest of the East in the seventh century entailed the subjugation of Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and others. Although much has been written about the status of non-Muslims in the Islamic empire, no previous works have examined ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503531304
Published by : Brepols
Series: MEDIEVAL COUNTRYSIDE
Volume: 8
A detailed and fascinating account of a Muslim valley in Christian-ruled Spain at the end of the Middle Ages. Valldigna is located south of the city of Valencia and was part of a region conquered by the King of Aragon-Catalonia in the thirteenth c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789993273530
Published by : Midsea Books
A History of Muslim Sicily is a study of the period of Muslim Arab rule on the island from A.D. 827 to the Norman conquest in A.D. 1070. It is first the detailed study in English covering the various aspects of this 243-year period. It incorpora... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503527864
Published by : Brepols
The papers in this volume examine the interaction between history and hagiography in the late antique and medieval Middle East, exploring the various ways in which the two genres were used and combined to analyse, interpret, and re-create the p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845118051
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
In the second quarter of the fourteenth century Ibn Battuta, undertook an extraordinary series of travels, to the west African Interior, through Egypt and most of the Near East, down further than Mombasa in east Africa, and to India, Sri Lanka,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781780763606
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
In the second quarter of the fourteenth century Ibn Battuta, undertook an extraordinary series of travels, to the west African Interior, through Egypt and most of the Near East, down further than Mombasa in east Africa, and to India, Sri Lanka,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780748623112
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
This book offers an introduction to the archaeology of the Islamic world. It traces the history of the discipline from its earliest manifestations through to the present and evaluates the contribution made by archaeology to the understanding of... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845116514
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Fromherz, drawing on medieval Arabic and Berber sources, analyses the myths and history surrounding the origins and rise of the Almohad Empire. He shows how Muhammad Ibn Tumart, the son of a minor Berber tribal chief, set off on his mission to ... .... Learn More