A Culture of Sufism

Dina Le Gall

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new understanding of one of the most prolific and enduring of all the Sufi brotherhoods, the Naqshbandiyya, as... 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

White Banners

Paul M Cobb

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• Using Arabic, non-Arabic and newly available local Syrian sources, this richly detailed study examines the central events of medieval Islamic history:... 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

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. Lees meer

A Culture of Sufism

Dina Le Gall

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Medieval Middle East History
• A Culture of Sufism opens a window to a new understanding of one of the most prolific and enduring of all the Sufi brotherhoods, the Naqshbandiyya, as... 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

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
• This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt r... Lees meer