Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus
Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus Walsh, Michael Inferno, Volume IX, 2004 Abstract…
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism?
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner…
The Fatimid Navy and the Crusades, 1099-1171
During the ninth century and the first half of the tenth century, for example, Muslim navies were very active in the Mediterranean and, on the whole, they were successful.
Theseus and the Fourth Crusade: Outlining a Historical Investigation
Theseus and the Fourth Crusade: Outlining a Historical Investigation of a Cultural Problem Nanetti, Andrea Indrik: Essays Presented to Sergei Karpov for his…
The Debate on the Fourth Crusade
The Debate on the Fourth Crusade Harris, Jonathan History Compass, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2004) Abstract This article examines attempts over the past…
The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade
The Fatimid Failure against the Crusaders at the End of the First Crusade By Jan Vandeburie Carnival, Vol.12 (2010) Introduction: This paper was…
Funduq, Fondaco, and Khan in the Wake of Christian Commerce and Crusade
Funduq, Fondaco, and Khan in the Wake of Christian Commerce and Crusade Olivia Remie, Constable The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and…
“Western Islamic Art” The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Homoerotic Liasons among the Mamluk Elite in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
Homoerotic Liasons among the Mamluk Elite in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria By Everett K. Rowson Islamicate sexualities: translations across temporal geographies of…
An Egyptian doctor at the Comnenian court
An Egyptian doctor at the Comnenian court By Krijnie N. Ciggaar Nea Rhome Vol. 2 (2005) Introduction: One of the attractions of studying…
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade
Spiritual Economy and Spiritual Craft: Monastic Pottery Production and Trade By Ivančica Dvoržak Schrunk Paper given at Living for Eternity: The White Monastery…
Some notes on the Portuguese and Frankish pirates during the Mamluk period (872-922AH./1468-1517AD.)
The Portuguese incursion not only posed a serious threat to Mamluk trade but also caused a rise in the cost of protecting that trade.
LETTING THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE: EVOLUTION OF AROMATHERAPY THROUGH THE AGES
LETTING THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE: EVOLUTION OF AROMATHERAPY THROUGH THE AGES Lyubetska, Valeria (University of Manitoba) The Proceedings of the 11th Annual…
Making Reputation Work: Re-examining law, labor and enforcement among Geniza businessmen
Making Reputation Work: Re-examining law, labor and enforcement among Geniza businessmen By Jessica Goldberg Paper given at the conference Before and Beyond Europe:…
Heresies in the early Byzantine Empire: Imperial policies and the Arab conquest of the Near East
Heresies in the early Byzantine Empire: Imperial policies and the Arab conquest of the Near East ODETALLAH KHOURI, Rashad (University of Yarmuk, Irbid, Jordan) Collectanea…
Ibn Wahshiyya and Magic
Ibn Wahshiyya and Magic Anaquel de Estudios Árabes X (1999) HÁMEEM-ANTTILA, JAAKKO Magic has always had a role to play in Islamie society’. Its…
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso
Crocodiles and Crusades: Egypt in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso Cavallo, Jo Ann Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando…
Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Institutional Change
Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion and Institutional Change By Eric Chaney Published Online (2010) Abstract: This paper uses over 700 years…
The Practices of Monastic Prayer: Origins, Evolution, and Tensions
Egyptian monks were known for the commitment to unceasing prayer, but what did this really mean?
The Sons of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and the Politics of Puppets: Where Did It All Start?
The Sons of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad and the Politics of Puppets: Where Did It All Start? By Frédéric Bauden Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.13:1 (2009)…
Pharmacy in medieval Islam and the history of drug addiction
Drug addiction, especially through the use of poppy (Papaver somniferum Linn.) and hemp (Cannabis sativa Linn.), is the main concern of this paper. Although the use of these two plants in medieval Islam was extensive, yet little has been written on this timely subject by historians of medicine and pharmacology.
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA
LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT: CHILDREN’S EXERCISE BOOKS FROM THE CAIRO GENIZA By Judith Olszowy-Schlanger Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol.…
Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks
Rotting Ships and Razed Harbors: The Naval Policy of the Mamluks By Albrecht Fuess Mamluk Studies Review, Vol.5 (2001) Synopsis: This article…
Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasions
Glimpses from the Cairo Geniza on Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and on the Mongol Invasions By S.D. Goitien Studi Orientalistic in onore…
The ‘mad’ Egyptian scholar who proved Aristotle wrong
Ibn al-Haytham’s 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton’s Principia as one of the…