The Harp and the Shield of David

Ireland, Zionism and the State of Israel

By Shulamit Eliash

Eliash examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist movement, and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine’s partition and the delay in Ireland’s...

Published April 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy

Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah

By A.C.S. Peacock

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...

Published February 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance

The Jordanian Factor

By Abraham Ben-Zvi

This book demonstrates that the origins of the US-Israeli alliance lay in the former's concern over Egyptian influence in Jordan, contrasting with the widely-held view...

Published February 1st 2007 by Routledge.

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Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean

Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd

By Cynthia Robinson

Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight...

Published December 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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Tribal Politics in Iran

Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941

By Stephanie Cronin

Placing Iran's 'tribal problem' in its historical context, Tribal Politics in Iran provides an overall assessment on the impact of this crucial period on the character of...

Published October 18th 2006 by Routledge.

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Israel in History

The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective

By Derek Penslar

Covering topical issues concerning the nature of the Israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to...

Published October 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Ottoman Administration of Iraq, 1890-1908

By Gökhan Çetinsaya

This is a study of the nature of Ottoman administration under Sultan Abdulhamid and the effects of this on the three provinces that were to...

Published July 4th 2006 by Routledge.

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Elie Kedourie's Approaches to History and Political Theory

'The Thoughts and Actions of Living Men'

Edited by Sylvia Kedourie

Elie Kedourie was one of the twentieth century’s most important and controversial historians of the Middle East. He redefined the landscape of the field by...

Published June 29th 2006 by Routledge.

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Literature, Journalism and the Avant-Garde

Intersection in Egypt

By Elisabeth Kendall

The author explores the role of journalism in Egypt in effecting and promoting the development of modern Arabic literature from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century...

Published June 22nd 2006 by Routledge.

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Sufi Castigator

Ahmad Kasravi and the Iranian Mystical Tradition

By Lloyd Ridgeon

Sufi Castigator investigates the writings of Ahmad Kasravi, one of the foremost intellectuals in Iran. It studies his work within the context of Sufism in...

Published May 15th 2006 by Routledge.

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