Grievance Administration (Sikayet) in an Ottoman Province

The Kaymakam of Rumelia's 'Record Book of Complaints' of 1781-1783

By Michael Ursinus

The 'Record Book of Complaints', from the office of the governor-general (beylerbey) of Rumelia, is an exceptional manuscript of the Ottoman archive. It offers a...

Published January 10th 2005 by Routledge.

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Sir Anthony Sherley and his Persian Adventure

Edited by E. Denison Ross

As well as including Sherley's own account of his journey into Persia in 1600, this valuable edition includes the main works dealing with Anthony Sherley...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929

The Challenge of Nationalism

By C. W. R. Long

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Britain, Israel and Anglo-Jewry 1949-57

By Natan Aridan

This book focuses on the bilateral and multilateral relations between Britain, the 'former proprietor' and Israel, the 'successor state', during the period following their armed...

Published June 17th 2004 by Routledge.

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Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa

Edited by James McDougall

The essays in this volume explore the complexities of the relationship between states, social groups and individuals in contemporary North Africa, as expressed through the...

Published May 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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The Arabs in Antiquity

Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads

By Jan Retso

The history of the Arabs in antiquity from their earliest appearance around 853 BC until the first century of Islam, is described in this book....

Published October 24th 2002 by Routledge.

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Jihad and its Interpretation in Pre-Colonial Morocco

State-Society Relations during the French Conquest of Algeria

By Amira K. Bennison

This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided...

Published August 22nd 2002 by Routledge.

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The Book of Government or Rules for Kings

The Siyar al Muluk or Siyasat-nama of Nizam al-Mulk

By Hubert Darke

A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over...

Published December 21st 2001 by Routledge.

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Arabia and the Arabs

From the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam

By Robert G. Hoyland

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants...

Published August 23rd 2001 by Routledge.

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The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel

Studies on the Ethiopian Jews

By Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi

For decade the Falashas - the Black Jews of Ethiopia - have fascinated scholars. Are they really Jews and in what sense? How can their...

Published November 5th 1998 by Routledge.

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