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The Tarikhnamah is a history of the world and the oldest surviving work of Persian prose. This book examines it as a political and cultural document and why it

With the execution of the Abbasid caliph in Al-Musta'sim in 1258, Sunni authority and legitimacy in Baghdad began to disintegrate, and the recently established

Tayeb El-Hibri draws on medieval Islamic chronicles to remap the origins of Islamic political and religious orthodoxy, offering an insightful critique of both e

This volume provides relevant insights into medieval political legitimation, and its impact on political competition and notions of power. With a main focus on

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.