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…
Changes in the Middle East (950-1150) as Illustrated by the Documents of the Cairo Geniza
Changes in the Middle East (950-1150) as Illustrated by the Documents of the Cairo Geniza By S.D. Goitein Islamic Civilization, edited by D.…
Satan as Myth and Metaphor In The Life of St. Antony of Egypt
Satan as Myth and Metaphor In The Life of St. Antony of Egypt By Benjamin Cox Published Online (2003) Introduction: Among certain groups of…
The Egyptian Specie Market and the Gold Crisis of the Fifteenth Century
The Egyptian Specie Market and the Gold Crisis of the Fifteenth Century By Ian Blanchard Lecture presented at the École des Hautes Études en…
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…
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.