A Culture of Sufism

Dina Le Gall

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Unearths the history of the Naqshbandiyya, one of the most widespread and enduring Sufi brotherhoods. A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new unde... Lees meer

An Ottoman Century

Dror Ze'evi

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• This sweeping look at the city and the District of Jerusalem in the 17th century paints a vivid picture of life in an Ottoman province. Based on micro... Lees meer

The End of the Jihâd State

Khalid Yahya Blankinship

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Demonstrates for the first time that the cause of the Umayyad caliphate's collapse came not just from internal conflict, but from a number of external... Lees meer

White Banners

Paul M Cobb

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Examines the fall of the Syrian Umayyad caliphate and the rise of the 'Abbasid state, predominantly from the view of the local inhabitants of medieval... Lees meer

The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662)

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Highlights the private side of this public figure-his weaknesses as well as his heroics; his religious life and domestic affairs. Robert Dankoff has c... Lees meer

A Culture of Sufism

Dina Le Gall

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Unearths the history of the Naqshbandiyya, one of the most widespread and enduring Sufi brotherhoods. A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new unde... Lees meer

Body of Text

Marion Holmes Katz

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Reconstructs the formative debates concerning ritual purity in Islamic law and practice. Ritual purity is one of the least understood aspects of Islam... Lees meer

Protectors or Praetorians?

Carl F Petry

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• This analysis of state policy under the last two Mamluk rulers enables modern readers to observe a pivotal era in the history of Egypt and southwest A... Lees meer

A Learned Society in a Period of Transition

Daphna Ephrat

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad. This book develops a new approach to the process of institu... Lees meer

Body of Text

Marion Holmes Katz

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Reconstructs the formative debates concerning ritual purity in Islamic law and practice. Ritual purity is one of the least understood aspects of Islam... Lees meer

The Breaking of a Thousand Swords

Matthew S Gordon

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• A portrait of the Samarran Turk community while in the employ of the 'Abbasid caliphate during the ninth century. The Breaking of a Thousand Swords pr... Lees meer

Ritual, Politics, and the City in Fatimid Cairo

Paula Sanders

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstruct... Lees meer