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Classical Islam
Classical Islam presents studies of the career of the Prophet Muhammad and the environment from which he sprang; the evolution of Islamic mysticism; political thought; and philosophical themes. It also includes investigations into the development of the late ?Abbasid caliphate; analyses of the Mirror for Princes literature; and studies of the minor dynasties of Iraq and Anatolia, and of the major cities in the region.0'Classical Islam' is publishing alongside two further volumes of Carole Hillenbrand's collected papers: 'Islam and the Crusades' (ISBN 9781474485906) and 'The Medieval Turks' (ISBN 9781474485944).
Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257
Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipulation of medieval Islamic politics.
Islam, Christianity and the Realms of the Miraculous
The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror films.
Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257
The first comprehensive study of sexual politics in Medieval Islam Based on original and previously unexamined sources, this book provides a critical and systematic analysis of the role of queens, eunuchs and concubines in medieval Islamic history. Spanning over 600 years, it explores gender and sexual politics and power from the time of the Prophet Muhammad through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods to the Mamluks in the 15th century. Geographically its coverage extends from Iran and Central Asia to North Africa and Spain. Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, it looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipul...
A Monument to Medieval Syrian Book Culture
This work discusses the largest private book collection of the pre-Ottoman Arabic Middle East for which we have both a paper trail and a surviving corpus of the manuscripts that once sat on its shelves: the Ibn Abd al-Hadi Library of Damascus.
The Kharijites in Early Islamic Historical Tradition
Analyses the narrative function of Khārijism in 9th- and 10th-century Islamic historiography
