Imperial Power and Maritime Trade

John L Meloy

• Paperback | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• This Revised Edition includes a new preface. When scholars of Middle Eastern and Islamic history consider Mecca or its region, the Hijaz, they tend to... Lees meer

Jordan in the Late Middle Ages

Bethany Walker

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• The decline of the Mamluk Sultanate from the late fourteenth century is an important component of the larger transformation of the late medieval Levan... Lees meer

Revolutionary Melodrama

Joel Gordon

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon th... Lees meer

Ismaili and Fatimid Studies in Honor of Paul E. Walker

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• A collection of essays on Ismaili and Fatimid studies in honour of Paul E. Walker, former Director of the American Research Center in Egypt. Lees meer

The Wine of Love and Life

• Hardcover | Arabisch, Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• Ibn al-Farid (d. 632/1235) has long been venerated as a Sufi saint and poet whose verse stands as a high point in Arabic poetry. Several of his poems ... Lees meer

Land Tenure, Fiscal Policy and Imperial Power in Medieval Syro-Egypt

Daisuke Igarashi

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• This book aims to examine the structural changes in the state and society in Mamluk Egypt and Syria after the middle of the eighth/fourteenth century.... Lees meer

The Criminal Underworld in a Medieval Islamic Society

Carl F Petry

• Paperback | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• The narrative histories generated during the Mamluk Period in Cairo and Damascus (648 922H/ 1250-1517CE) addressed a wide range of domestic issues, in... Lees meer

Commemorating the Nation

Israel Gershoni, James Jankowski

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• Commemorating the Nation is a study of the relationship between public commemoration and national identity in Egypt over the course of the twentieth c... Lees meer

Palestine in the Evolution of Syrian Nationalism (1918-1920)

Muhannad Salhi

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East | nr. 4
• One of the most enduring political dilemmas in modern history, the Palestine question has had a tremendous effect on the evolution and development of ... Lees meer

Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria

Ellen Kenney

• Hardcover | Engels | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• The long reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad was one of the most productive periods for architectural construction, restoration and urban development in... Lees meer

The Criminal Underworld in a Medieval Islamic Society

Carl F. Petry

• Hardcover | Chicago Studies on the Middle East
• The narrative histories generated during the Mamluk Period in Cairo and Damascus (648 922H/ 1250-1517CE) addressed a number of domestic issues. The ch... Lees meer