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...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35033-4 (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...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5629-8 (Routledge)

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Ben-Gurion Against the Knesset

By Giora Goldberg

The power struggle between Ben-Gurion and the Knesset was not primarily concerned with who should hold the reins of power, but with the ideals that...

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5556-7 (Routledge)

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A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian

By Colin Turner

A Thematic Dictionary of Modern Persian is a reference work unique in the history of English-Persian lexicography, offering a considerably extended guide to modern everyday...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0458-3 (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...

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8337-9 (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....

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1679-1 (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...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1693-7 (Routledge)

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Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic

By Jeffrey Heath

This is a comprehensive study of the Jewish and Muslim dialect networks of Morocco in its traditional boundaries, covering twenty-two Muslim and some thirty Jewish dialects of...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1514-5 (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...

2001 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1228-1 (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...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19535-5 (Routledge)

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