An innovative exploration of the local histories of the Persianate world and its preoccupation with identity, authority, and legitimacy.

An innovative exploration of the local histories of the Persianate world and its preoccupation with identity, authority, and legitimacy.

How did Muslims of the classical Islamic period understand their past? What value did they attach to history? How did they write history? How did historiography

The Religious Polemics of the Muslims of Late Medieval Christian Iberia examines the corpus of polemical literature against the Christians and the Jews of the p

Islamic popular preachers and storytellers had enormous influence in defining common religious knowledge and faith in the medieval Near East. Jonathan Berkey’