On the Edge of Empire

Linda Boxberger

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• Explores the social and political history of the Quayti and Kathiri sultanates of Hadhramawt during their gradual incorporation into the British Empir... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 10

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• Volume X of al-Ṭabarī's massive chronicle is devoted to two main subjects. The first is the selection of Abū Bakr as the first caliph or successor to ... Lees meer

Religious Radicalism and Politics in the Middle East

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This book explores in a comparative perspective two fundamentalist waves that have rolled over the Middle East during the last two decades. Jewish and... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 16

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This volume 16 of Tabari's great 40-volume history of the Arabs treats the Caliphate of 'Ali I, 656-651 This volume of al-Ṭabarī's history deals with ... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 32

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The 20 years' caliphate of al-Maʾmūn began as a stormy period in Middle Eastern history; after the comparatively peaceful reign of his father Hārūn al... Lees meer

Uncle Sam's Family

Robert Wells

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This work introduces readers to the basics of demographic history, touching on issues of interest to anyone concerned with understanding how we have c... Lees meer

Authority and Political Culture in Shi'ism

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The major theme of this book is authority in Shiism with special emphasis on its institutionalization in different historic periods from the beginning... Lees meer

Constructing Ottoman Beneficence

Amy Singer

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• Presents the political, social, and cultural context behind Ottoman charity. Ottoman charitable endowments ( waqf ) constituted an enduring monument t... Lees meer

Set - History of Al-Ṭabarī

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• Collecting all forty volumes of The History of al-Ṭabarī. Completed in 1999 by a distinguished group of Arabists and historians of Islam, the annotate... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 36

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The present volume of al-Ṭabarī's monumental history covers the years 255-265/869-878, the first half of the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Muʿtamid i... Lees meer

Math Worlds

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• An international group of distinguished scholars brings a variety of resources to bear on the major issues in the study and teaching of mathematics, a... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 2

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This volume records the lives and efforts of some of the prophets preceeding the birth of Mohammad. It devotes most of its message to two towering fig... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 28

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The initial years (126-145) of al-Manṣūr's reign presented several significant challenges to nascent ʿAbbāsid hegemony, and the resulting confrontatio... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 19

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This volume deals with the caliphate of Yazīd. Yazīd was not accepted as a legitimate caliph by many of the leading Muslims of the time, and, therefor... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The present volume of the History of al-Ṭabarī deals with the years 14 and 15 of the Islamic era, which correspond to A.D. 635-637. The nascent Islami... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 29

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This volume opens when the caliph al-Manṣūr has just defeated the rebellion of Muḥammad the Pure Soul in 145/762-3 and is now securely established in ... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 35

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The period covered in this volume is one of the most tumultuous periods of Islamic history. In it, al-Ṭabarī details with great success the intricate ... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 31

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This section of the History of al-Ṭabarī covers the caliphate of Muḥammad al-Amīn, who succeeded his father, Hārūn al-Rashīd on March 24, 809, and was... Lees meer

Good Writing in Cross-Cultural Context

Xiao-Ming Li

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• This dialogue between teachers of writing in China and America on what constitutes "good writing," reveals that standards are culturally situated. Wri... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 4

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• In this volume Ṭabarī takes up the history of the ancient world, focusing on the Iranians and the Israelites after the time of Solomon. He establishes... Lees meer

The History of Al-Ṭabarī Vol. 34

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies
• The events described in this volume took place during al-Ṭabarī's own time. Al-Ṭabarī was thus writing "contemporary history," and his narrative, ofte... Lees meer