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  • - Nationalism and the State Under the Mandate
    av Kais M. Firro
    1 940,-

    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, various groups of the local elite attempted to create what amounted to a new Lebanese nationalism.

  • - From the Ottomans to the British
    av Roberto Mazza
    424,-

    Discusses the period of transition from Ottoman rule to the British administration, focusing on the socio-political changes from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, the impact of the First World War and the development of Jerusalem into the vibrant city it has become.

  • - A Dialogue of Two Cities in an Age of Science CA. 750-1750
    av Elaheh Kheirandish
    1 506,-

    Renowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were atthe heart of the Islamic civilization as rich capital cities and centres of intellectualthought. Their distinct cultural voices inspired a unique historical dialogue, whichfinds new expression in Baghdad and Isfahan, the story of how knowledge wastransmitted and transformed within Islamic lands, and then spread across Europe.Capturing the history of Baghdad and Isfahan from 750 to 1750, Elaheh Kheirandishdraws on the voices of court astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, mystics,jurists, statesmen and Arabic and Persian translators and scholars to document theextensive and lasting contribution of sciences from Islamic lands to the history ofscience. Kheirandish bases her narrative on a unique medieval manuscript and otherhistorical sources and the result is more than a thousand-year 'tale of two cities' - itis a city by city, and century by century, look at what it took to change the world.In a feat of travelogue and time travel, this unique book creates parallel storieswith modern and historical characters, crossing cities worldwide, and capturingchanges through time. Interweaving multiple narratives, histories, and futures, shecharts the possible paths - formalized and serendipitous, lost and recovered - bywhich knowledge itself is translated and transmitted across time and cultures.

  • - Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature
    av Jan Van Gelder
    1 940,-

  • - Nineteenth Century Perceptions of Muslim Practices and Beliefs
    av Shahin Kuli Khan Khattak
    1 796,-

    How did the Victorians perceive Muslims in the British Empire and beyond? Talking about Victorian Britain's conceptions and misconceptions of the Muslim World, this book helps in understanding the apprehensions and misapprehensions about Islam in the nineteenth century.

  • - The Decline of Arab Nationalism and the Triumph of the State
    av Youssef Chaitani
    1 796,-

    Examines how, despite the prevalence of Arab nationalism and the regression of imperial interference, Syria and Lebanon became more divided, rather than more integrated in the post-independence period. This book also uncovers the strategies and motivations of both countries' elites during this period.

  • - The Forgotten Journey of an Eighteenth Century Traveller to the ?ijaz
    av El Mustapha Lahlali
    1 940,-

    In the eighteenth century, the academic scholar Ibn al-Tayyib made a rihla (journey) from Morocco to the Hijaz, in modern day Saudi Arabia, documenting his travels in the translated manuscript "Rihla ila al-Hijaz". This title introduces the manuscript and provides a commentary on this remarkable journey and the socio-political climate of the time.

  • - Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt and Syria
    av Nasser Rabbat
    2 249,-

    Analysing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, this book shows how the buildings mirror the complex - and historically unique - military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. It offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks.

  • - A History of Four Centuries Under Turkish Rule
    av Alex Carmel
    1 796,-

    Carmel's work has become the benchmark of the historiography of Israel's third largest city and remains to this day, the best-known and most highly-regarded survey of Haifa under Ottoman rule. This, the first English edition of 'Ottoman Haifa', will be essential reading for all historians of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East.

  • - Space and Modernity in an Islamic City
    av Leila Hudson
    1 940,-

    In 1860, Damascus was a sleepy provincial capital of the weakening Ottoman Empire, a city defined in terms of its relationship to the holy places of Islam in the Arabian Hijaz and its legacy of Islamic knowledge. This book describes the transformation of Damascus.

  • - The Culture of Love and Languishing
     
    1 796,-

    A wide-ranging analysis of the depiction of the beloved in Middle Eastern literatures, encompassing both classical Persian poetry and the modern Arabic novel.

  • - Economic and Financial Foundations of the State
    av Dr. J. E. Peterson
    1 445,-

    Comprehensive scholarly account of Saudi Arabia's early economic history

  • - New Elites of Safavid Iran
    av Sussan Babaie, Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, K. Babayan & m.fl.
    578 - 1 940,-

    The Safavid dynasty represented the pinnacle of Iran's power and influence in its early modern history. Safavid success depended on an elite from outside Iran: the slaves of Caucasian descent and the Armenian merchants of Isfahan. This book describes how these elites helped to transform Isfahan's urban, artistic and social landscape.

  • - Custom, Conflict and British Strategy in Waziristan until 1947
    av Dr Hugh Beattie
    525 - 1 651,-

    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'.

  • av Richard Foltz
    344 - 1 146,-

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