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| This first study of its kind cuts across and brings together the political and cultural histories of the medieval Near East. The peculiar... This translation of the Arabic Funj Chronicle gives an account of the history of the Nilotic Sudan from 910/1504-5 to 1288/1871 with...
The book discusses Jewish leadership in Egypt and Palestine during the eleventh century. The struggles for power between the leaders of the... This collection of essays discusses the rich and varied tradition of history writing in mediaeval and early modern Egypt, providing new...
This volume is a collection of studies by leading historians on central aspects of the Mamluk Empire of Egypt and Syria (1250-1517), and of... This is a study and edition of the Arabic documents uncovered in Quseir, Upper Egypt. These documents shed light on the Red Sea and Indian...
This book combines important and often historic photographs with text to illustrate the value of photographs for the study of modern African... This book examines in a detailed and comprehensive manner, the genealogy of the historiography of the Early Mamluk Circassian period and...
This work is a study of the nature and origin of nationality and modern social ideals in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, in the late... In a detailed analysis of the continued survival of authoritarian governments in the Arab world, this book uses Egypt as a case study to...
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... Foreign News Matters shows that news organizations construct foreign events uniquely and strategically as opposed to objectively and...
This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture... Ancient Egypt has gripped the popular imagination like no other country, and the lure of its pyramids and the Nile are a magnet for visitors...
An investigation of what historians can learn through the study of coins An enormously important book, taking the form of a journey through Egypt from north to south, describing all of the ancient monuments and...
In this profusely illustrated volume, a noted authority examines the origin of the scarab, its importance in ancient times, its uses, and... "For Better, For Worse" explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns...
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