A study of the life of the revered Sufi mystic Mu'in al-Din Chishti, this book places the saint in a historical context, pointing to his social and cultural importance importance in the subcontinent. ...
In this unusual biography, Bruce Lawrence presents a fascinating and invaluable exploration of The Qur'an, an important yet poorly understood book that changed and continues to change the world.
An account of the arrival of the Arabs in Spain, and the civilization they created there. Includes an introduction to Islam, and the journey of the Islamic expansion until the Conquest, concentrating ...
A major reconsideration of our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the present day.
This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation...
Terrorism - the imposition of, or opposition to, government with the threat or fear of force - is mostly regarded as a modern horror, implemented by bombs, hijackings and assassinations. But the origi...
In the 4th century AD Christian zealots destroyed the Great Library of Alexandria. Over the next two centuries they erased the entire 'pagan' heritage of the city. War between the Byzantine and Egypti...
What did it mean to be a wife, woman, or slave in a society in which a land-owning woman was forbidden to lay with her male slave but the same slave might be allowed to take concubines? Jurists of the...
The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides a new perspective on the previously ignored history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community b...
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