Islam & the Middle East
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Ta'rikh-i Jahan-Gusha [Hardback]
Mirza Muhammad(Author)
$55.00ISBN: 9780718902360
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
The Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha or History of the World-Conqueror is one of the most valuable sources for the life of Chingiz Khan and the establishment of the Mongol Empire. The Juwaynis, an established secretarial family of North-East Persia, made th... .... Learn More -
The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920 [Hardback]
John D. Grainger(Author); John D Grainger(Author)
$34.95ISBN: 9781843838036
Published by : Boydell Press
This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and A... .... Learn More -
Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542) [Paperback]
Michel Membre(Author); A. H. Morton(Author)
Regular Price: $30.00
Special Price: $14.98
ISBN: 9780906094433
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies
The description of his mission to the court of the Shah Tahmasp I of Persia by the Venetian Michele Membre is one of the most informative as well as one of the most individual of the few European accounts of 16th century Persia. .... Learn More -
Persian Manuscripts, Paintings and Drawings: From the 15th to the Early 20th Century in the Hermitage Collection [Hardback]
Adel Adamova(Author)
$100.00ISBN: 9781898592075
Published by : Azimuth Editions
This volume surveys the Persian miniature and associated arts held in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The most comprehensive catalogue yet of these collections, it comprises more than 400 works dating from the 15th to t... .... Learn More -
The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries [Paperback]
Julian M. Luxford(Author); Julian Luxford(Author)
$25.95ISBN: 9781843837596
Published by : Boydell Press
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Volume: 25
The patronage of Benedictine art and architecture, and the circumstances that made it possible and desirable, reveal much about the ambitions, beliefs and allegiances of both the order and those who interacted with it; moreover, analysis of such p... .... Learn More -
A Road Through the Past: Archaeological discoveries on the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham road-scheme in Kent [Hardback]
Tim Allen(Author); Michael Donnelly(Author); Alan Hardy(Author); Kelly Powell(Author)
$64.00ISBN: 9780904220681
Published by : Oxford Archaeology
Series: Oxford Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 16
Excavations along the new road line have revealed nearly 6000 years of human activity, from a massive marker post erected by early Neolithic farmers at the head of a dry valley to a bizarre burial of several different animals dati... .... Learn More -
Late Antiquity: Eastern Perspectives [Hardback]
Teresa Bernheimer(Editor); Adam J. Silverstein(Editor)
$65.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9780906094532
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
In the past four decades since the field of late antique studies began to gather real momentum, scholars have debated the place of early Islam within the late antique world, particularly in relation to the issue of where and when ... .... Learn More -
The Medieval and Ottoman Hajj Route in Jordan: An Archaeological and Historical Study [Hardback]
Andrew Petersen(Editor)
$104.00ISBN: 9781842175026
Published by : Council for British Research in the Levant
Series: Levant Supplementary Series
Volume: 12
As one of the five pillars of Islam the pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) is central to the life of all Muslims. A network of roads radiates from the Hijaz like a giant spider's web, connecting Mecca to all parts of the Muslim world.... .... Learn More -
Alexander Romance in Persia and the East [Hardback]
Richard Stoneman(Editor); Kyle Erickson(Editor); Ian Richard Netton(Editor)
$130.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9789491431043
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplements
Volume: 15
Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as v... .... Learn More -
Medieval Islamic swords and swordmaking [Paperback]
Robert G. Hoyland(Author); Brian Gilmour(Author)
$49.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9780906094570
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev... .... Learn More
