Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century
Legitimizing a low-born, regicide monarch. The case of the Mamluk sultan Baybars and the Ilkhans in the 13th century By Denise Aigle Representing…
The Medieval Islamic World Through the Eyes of Two Travelers
The Medieval Islamic World Through the Eyes of Two Travelers By Melanie A. Clouser Agora, Vol.3:1 (2002) Introduction: Islamic regions, long ignored and misunderstood by…
A Victory Celebration after a Military Defeat? Al-Mutanabbī’s ‘Ayniyyah of 339/950
A Victory Celebration after a Military Defeat? Al-Mutanabbī’s ‘Ayniyyah of 339/950 By Majd Yaser Al-Massar Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol.40:1 (2009) Abstract: This paper analyzes…
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire
The Great Caliphs: the Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire By Amira K. Bennison IB Tauris, 2009 ISBN: 9781845117375 The flowering of the…
The Construction of Islamic-Education Institutions in Mamluk Gaza
The Construction of Islamic-Education Institutions in Mamluk Gaza By Hatim Mahamid Nebula, Vol. 4:4 (2007) Introduction: The development of educational institutions and main…
Interview with Donald S. Richards – The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir
Donald S. Richards is retired as lecturer in Arabic at the Oriental Institute, and is emeritus fellow of St Cross College, University of…
The Emergence of the Prototype of the Modern Hospital in Medieval Islam
The Emergence of the Prototype of the Modern Hospital in Medieval Islam By Aydin Sayili Belleten, Vol. 44: 174 (1980) Click here…
The Father Sees in Secret: Secrecy and Humility in the Lives of Two Saints Simeon
The Father Sees in Secret: Secrecy and Humility in the Lives of Two Saints Simeon By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: The early…
Deus le Veult: The Role of the Miraculous in the Critical Siege of Antioch
Deus le Veult: The Role of the Miraculous in the Critical Siege of Antioch By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: Autumn of the…
The Visual Language of Imperial Desire Projections of Symbolic Dominion in Umayyad Artistic Appropriations
The Visual Language of Imperial Desire Projections of Symbolic Dominion in Umayyad Artistic Appropriations By Benjamin D. Cox Published Online (2005) Introduction: Within a…
Gunpowder Composition for Rockets and Cannon in Arabic Military Treaties of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
Gunpowder Composition for Rockets and Cannon in Arabic Military Treaties of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries By Ahmad Y. al-Hassan ICON (International Committee…
Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria
Franks’ Effect on Islamic Spirit, Religious and Cultural Characters in Medieval Syria By Hatim Mahamid Nebula, Vol.4:1 (2007) Introduction: This study will follow the phenomena…
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States By Alan V. Murray Prosopon Newsletter, Vol.4:2 (1996) Introduction: Prosopographical research on the Crusader States, or to use…
Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Latin East in the Thirteenth Century
Examines the relations between Muslim states in Syria and Egypt with the Crusader States after death of Saladin in 1192, and how did this relationship with the decline of the Ayyubid dynasty and the rise of the Mamluks.