Ahmad bin Yahuya al-Baladhuri’s History of the Arab Invasions is perhaps the most important single source for the histor......more

Abu Bakr al-Suli was an Abbasid polymath and table companion, as well as a legendary chess player. He was perhaps best k......more

This book critically analyses the hegemony of Egypt’s business and military elites and the private media they own or con......more

The life of David "Mickey" Marcus has become the stuff of legends and myths (even fantasy), conspiracy, wild exaggeratio......more

This is the first systematic work on the Italian-Libyan relationship produced in English, accessible to area scholars, s......more

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This volume, with contributions from well-respected experts on Turkey, examines how well different theories and framewor......more

This book analyses the main events and turning points in the building of pre- and post-independent South Sudan. It cover......more

A lucid and landmark translation that offers an intriguing glimpse into Tibetan history, the Mongol Empire, and the spir......more

Ihsan Abdel Kouddous (1919-1990) is the most popular and prolific writer of Arabic fiction in the twentieth century. The......more

The status of Crimean Karaim, an extinct eastern dialect of Karaim, has long been a subject of debate among scholars. So......more

The profusion of literature on Muḥammad ʿAlī’s Egypt (1805-1849) makes the Bāshā’s epoch significantly well-documented; ......more

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"Palestine: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time" is a historical work written by Michael Russell. Originally pu......more

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The West’s actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstanding: political Islam is repeatedly assumed......more

The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s penultimate book, published in Per......more

This book analyses the securitization of ethnic identities and social groups by the state in Afghanistan in the post-200......more

A narrative of the life of Arminius Vámbéry. Who was Arminius Vámbéry? A poverty-stricken, Jewish autodidact; a linguist......more

Leading scholars reveal how pro-Palestinian advocacy is being silenced across the globe Civic space is getting smaller, ......more

Often referred to as the ’Oil Century, ’ the twentieth century marked the rise of petroleum as a pivotal force in global......more

Often referred to as the ’Oil Century, ’ the twentieth century marked the rise of petroleum as a pivotal force in global......more

"The go-to text for Christians and others wanting to understand what is really happening in the Middle East." Jeremy Moo......more

As weavers, garment workers, and peddlers, Syrian immigrants in the Americas fed the early twentieth-century transnation......more

As weavers, garment workers, and peddlers, Syrian immigrants in the Americas fed the early twentieth-century transnation......more

This book features leading scholars examining the dynamics of Turkish politics through alternative themes, including pol......more

This cross-disciplinary book offers a broad spectrum of essays on important aspects of the political, social, religious ......more

Over the past decade, histories of Late Ottoman and especially Mandate Palestine have moved away from the political fram......more

Missionary medicine flourished during the period of high European imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ......more

The literature on Islamic political thought utilises a methodology whose typical characteristic is the arbitrary use of ......more

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader, the believer, with comprehension and concept of the philosophy of the......more

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader, the believer, with comprehension and concept of the philosophy of the......more

Franks and Saracens is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying th......more

Routledge Handbook of Post Classical and Contemporary Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample texts rela......more

The Routledge Handbook of Ancient, Classical, and Late Classical Persian Literature contains scholarly essays and sample......more

Focused on the connections between archaeology and Israeli society, this book examines the development of Israeli archae......more

This book is about the conflict which resolved the Greek-Turkish War of 1919-1922: the Great Offensive. On 26 August 192......more

This book presents a social, political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of Iranian Kurdistan since the 1979 Revoluti......more