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Studies in Late Antiquity
and Early Islam
LAWRENCE I. CONRAD, EDITOR
This highly acclaimed scholarly series arises from a long-term interdisciplinary research project, “Late Antiquity and Early Islam,” that
focuses on the relations among the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean from the death of Justinian in A.D. 565 to the fall of the Umayyad dynasty in the mid-eighth century. The project, directed by Professor Dr. Lawrence I. Conrad, brings together scholars from different disciplines and encourages an interdisciplinary approach by holding workshops, conducting research on particular sources and issues,
and sponsoring a program of publications. The series constitutes a
basic resource for all those interested in late antiquity and Byzantium, early Islam and eastern Christianity, and Byzantine and Islamic
archaeology and art history.
SLAEI series titles published and in print
1. The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East (proceedings of the workshops
on Late Antiquity and Early Islam):
I. Problems in the Literary Source Material (Papers of the First Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam), edited by Averil Cameron
and Lawrence I. Conrad.
1992. xiv, 428 pp. ISBN 0-87850-080-4
II. Land Use and Settlement Patterns (Papers of the Second Workshop
on Late Antiquity and Early Islam), edited by G.R.D. King and Averil
Cameron.
1994. xiv, 317 pp. ISBN 0-87850-106-1
III. States, Resources and Armies (Papers of the Third Workshop on Late
Antiquity and Early Islam), edited by Averil Cameron.
1995. xvi, 491 pp. ISBN 0-87850-107-X
VI. Elites Old and New (Papers of the Sixth Workshop on Late Antiquity
and Early Islam), edited by John Haldon and Lawrence I. Conrad.
2004. xi, 316 pp. ISBN 0-87850-144-4
3. Albrecht Noth, The Early Arabic Historical Tradition: A Source-Critical
Study. Second edition in collaboration with Lawrence I. Conrad; translated
from the German by Michael Bonner.
1994. xi, 248 pp. ISBN 0-87850-082-0
4. Martin Hinds, Studies in Early Islamic History. Edited by Jere Bacharach,
Lawrence I. Conrad, and Patricia Crone, with an Introduction by G. R.
Hawting.
1996. xix, 262 pp. ISBN 0-87850-109-6
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5. Uri Rubin, The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by
the Early Muslims.
1995. ix, 289 pp. ISBN 0-87850-110-X
6. Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques. Édité par Lawrence I. Conrad. In
French.
2004. xxi, 224, pp. ISBN 0-87850-111-8
7. Elizabeth Savage, A Gateway to Hell, A Gateway to Paradise: The North
African Response to the Arab Conquest.
1997. x, 200 pp. ISBN 0-87850-112-6
8. Suliman Bashear, Arabs and Others in Early Islam.
1997. viii, 161 pp. ISBN 0-87850-126-6
10. Milka Levy-Rubin, The Continuatio of the Samaritan Chronicle of Abū lFath al-Sāmirī al-Danafī.
2002. xiii, 203 pp. ISBN 0-87850-136-3
11. Josef Horovitz, The Earliest Biographies of the Prophet and their Authors.
2002. xxxviii, 158 pp. ISBN 0-87850-118-5
13. Robert Hoyland, Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation
of Christian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam.
1997. xviii, 872 pp. ISBN 0-87850-125-8
14. Fred M. Donner, Narratives of Islamic Origins: The Beginnings of Islamic
Historical Writing.
1998. xv, 358 pp,. ISBN 0-87850-127-4
17. Uri Rubin, Between Bible and Qur’ān: The Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image.
1999. xiii, 318 pp. ISBN 0-87850-134-7
19. Josef W. Meri, A Lonely Wayfarer’s Guide to Pilgrimage: ‘Alī ibn Abī
Bakr al-Harawī’s Kitāb al-Ishārāt ilā Ma‘rifat al-Ziyārāt.
2004. xli, 310 pp. ISBN 0-87850-169-X
20. Ibn ‘Asākir and Early Islamic History, edited by James E. Lindsay.
2001. xii, 157 pp. ISBN 0-87850-120-7
21. David Cook, Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic.
2003. xii, 472 pp. ISBN 0-87850-142-8
22. Andreas Görke, Das Kitāb al-Amwāl des Abū ‘Ubaid al-Qāsim b. Sallām:
Entstehung und Überlieferung eines frühislamischen Rechtwerkes. In German.
2003. ix, 204 pp. ISBN 0-87850-146-0
23. Michael Lecker, The “Constitution of Medina”: Muhammad’s First Legal
Document.
2004. x, 227 pp. ISBN 0-87850-148-7
Eighth-Century Silver Bowl
From: Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Elites Old and New,
edited by John Haldon and Lawrence I. Conrad.
Number 1, Volume 1:
THE BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC NEAR EAST
Problems in the Literary Source Material
(Papers of the First Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam)
Edited by Averil Cameron and Lawrence I. Conrad
A critical analysis of the basic written material essential to an understanding of the earliest phase of the transition from Byzantine to Islamic
culture in the eastern Mediterranean provinces. The historical reliability
of the Arabic sources for the seventh century A.D.— the period of the
rise of Islam and the first Muslim conquests—is the subject of scholarly
controversy. This book brings together detailed studies of key works in
Greek, Arabic, and Syriac by specialist scholars and addresses the issues of cultural change and historical reliability by direct comparison
and analysis of the written sources. This book will be of special interest
to scholars and specialists in Byzantine history, later Greek theology,
Greek historiography and Byzantine literature, Syriac literature and history, apocalyptic literature and early medieval culture, Arabic literary
development, the emergence of Islam, comparative literature (medieval), the history of Palestine and Syria, and religion. Contributors include: Michael Whitby, Averil Cameron, John Haldon, G.J. Reinink,
Han J.W. Drijvers, Wadad al-Qadi, Stefan Leder, and Lawrence I. Conrad.
“This book is a laudable inquiry into this ‘period of transition,’ providing
valuable perspectives about changes taking place in the Byzantine Empire
prior to the Arab conquests as well as during Islam’s establishment as a
‘world religious order.’ It breaks new ground in several areas: demonstrating
the importance of utilizing external information to reconstruct early Islamic
history, approaching the problem of authenticity, and emphasizing the value of
studying how and why various narrative traditions were written.”
—MESA Bulletin
Published: 1992; third printing; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xiv, 428 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–080–4 $29.95
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Number 1, Volume II:
THE BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC NEAR EAST
Land Use and Settlement Patterns
(Papers of the Second Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam)
Edited by G.R.D. King and Averil Cameron
Reviews the current archaeological evidence for the nature of settlement, the evolution of towns, and the relation of town and country in
the geographical area that now includes Syria, Israel, Jordon, Iraq,
Egypt, and Arabia. The papers offer complementary views and reflect
the very different context and landscapes inherited by Muslims from
their Byzantine and Sasanian predecessors. Most of the papers are illustrated by maps and figures.
Among the issues emerging in several of the contributions are those
of the balance between town and country, the alleged “decline” of the
classical city, and the nature of the early Islamic amsār (“garrison
towns”). Contributors include Pierre-Louis Gatier, Henry Inness MacAdam, Yoram Tsafrir and Gideon Foerster, Ali Zeyadeh, Robert
Schick, Donald Whitcomb, George T. Scanlon, G.R.D. King, Mikhail
B. Pietrovsky, Michael G. Morony, and Alastair Northedge. This volume will interest scholars of Byzantine and Islamic history, archaeology, and religion, and all those interested in this formative period during which the Near East saw the Byzantine and Sasanian empires and
the world of late antiquity supplanted by emergent Islam.
“This volume presents a much needed addition to the history of the transition
from Byzantine to Islamic administration and a welcome survey of recent archaeology of an understudied period.”
—MESA Bulletin
Published: 1994; second printing; 57 maps and figures
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xiv, 317 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–106–1 $35.00
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Number 1, Volume III:
THE BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC NEAR EAST
States, Resources and Armies
(Papers of the Third Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam)
Edited by Averil Cameron
Addresses the issue of the relation of states in the Near East in the period ca. 565–750 and their military and fiscal organization. These essays contribute fresh insights into the existing debate on the late Roman
and Sasanian military organization and raise challenging questions
about the degree of central control that existed over the early Muslim
armies; they will interest not only specialists on the period, but also
anyone concerned with state formation, the relation of states and resources, and the connection of fiscal and military factors. Contributors
include: Jean-Michel Carrie, Michael Whitby, Benjamin Isaac, James
Howard-Johnson, Zeev Rubin, Ella Landau-Tasseron, Fred McGraw
Donner, Hugh Kennedy, John Haldon, and Ralph-Johannes Lilie.
“This is an important, well-made, and well-indexed collection and an outline
for future research. Although this book is clearly meant for specialists, anyone
with an interest in the military institutions of nonindustrial states will profit
from it.”
—International Journal of Middle East Studies
“The papers are thoroughly researched and indeed provocative. . . . The volume succeeds both in communicating a more comprehensive and integrated
view of the issues at hand and in clarifying aspects of the transitional period in
the Near East between Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period. . . . enjoyable and informative reading.” —Journal of the American Oriental Society
Published: 1995; second printing; maps; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xvi, 491 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–107–X $39.95
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Volume 1, Number VI:
THE BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC NEAR EAST
Elites Old and New in the Byzantine and
Early Islamic Near East
(Papers of the Sixth Workshop on Late Antiquity and Early Islam)
Edited by John Haldon and Lawrence I. Conrad
This book presents a series of critical analyses of the structure, historical development, and composition of the elite strata of late Roman,
Byzantine, and early Islamic societies in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Elite culture and elite strata in societies leave an unmistakable record in the literature and in the visual and material culture of the world.
The contributors to this volume set out to analyze aspects of these phenomena in the late ancient and early medieval eastern Mediterranean
world. Culture change, economic foundations, political roles and function, social composition, and background and origins of old and new
elites are the focus of the contributions by scholars who deal with the
fate of the later Roman elite and its successors. The ways in which elites perceived themselves and how they created, maintained, and enhanced their identity, and the ways in which others both within and outside of their own society and culture saw them are important themes.
The structure of new Byzantine elites and the role of late Roman and
Byzantine provincial elite society, the development of new elites in
early Islamic society, the role played by pre-state elites and their fluctuating identities in the context of clan and tribal social organizations are
all treated.
In addition, the volume includes important studies of the ways in
which elite culture expressed itself in these different socio-cultural environments, both through literary as well as visual media. Contributors
include: Hugh Kennedy, Leslie Brubaker, Zeev Rubin, Nadia-Maria ElCheikh, William Lancaster and Felicity Lancaster, Averil Cameron,
Claudia Rapp, Michael Morony, Elizabeth Jeffreys, and John Haldon.
Published: 2004; halftone illustrations; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½; ix, 285 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–144–4 $45.00
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Number 3:
THE EARLY ARABIC HISTORICAL TRADITION
A Source Critical Study
by Albrecht Noth
Second Edition, in Collaboration with Lawrence I. Conrad
Translated from the German by Michael Bonner
This book is oriented toward the practical goal of providing criteria for
the historiographical assessment of early Islamic traditions, the particular frame of reference here being the first decades after the death of the
Prophet Muhammad. A central argument of this book is that these traditions are relevant not only to historians of early Islam, but also to students of later periods, since traditions of this kind were of great importance in the subsequent history and historiography of Islam.
“The translation of Noth’s work will serve the important purpose of making
available in English a work whose influence has been limited by its original
language. . . . We can be grateful to the collaborators for seeing that Noth’s
contribution circulates widely, particularly since the problem at issue—the
nature of the early tradition—is so crucial for early Islamic history in general. .
. . Noth/Conrad have done the invaluable service of forcing historians of early
Islam to think seriously about narrative.”
—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
“This revised and expanded English version of a study first published in 1973
will make this work more widely accessible and possibly more influential.
Noth is concerned here with identifying the criteria with which to evaluate the
character and content of the early Islamic historical tradition. . . . This book
remains one of the most significant contributions to early Islamic historiography.”
—MESA Bulletin
“Essential prerequisite reading for anyone studying the early Muslim conquests
and the development of Arabic historiography . . . at a price that most scholars
really can afford.”
—Journal of Semitic Studies
Published:1994; second printing; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xi, 248 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–082–0 $27.50
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Number 4:
STUDIES IN EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY
by Martin Hinds
Edited by Jere Bacharach, Lawrence I. Conrad, and Patricia Crone
with an Introduction by G.R. Hawting
The essays in this book, written by a leading historian of early Islamic
times, have been collected and republished for the benefit of a wider
audience. The nine studies reprinted here deal with several important
themes: the first Civil War and the social and political tensions underlying it, early Islamic historiography, the early Arab conquests, relations
between Muslims and non-Muslims, and the mihna (“inquisition”) in
Early ‘Abbāsid times. To all of these themes Hinds brought not only a
philologist’s expertise and a historian’s appreciation for the methodological problems that arise in dealing with ancient texts, but also the
skills to distill from complex material coherent historical reconstructions. This edition is based on the author’s own corrections and revised
copies of the article.
“Martin Hinds was one of the finest scholars of this generation. His death in
1988, at age 47, ended his career prematurely. He published only eight journal
articles, which are collected in this volume along with one article from the
Encyclopedia of Islam. . . . Hinds was very much a historian who tried to understand human events and their causes, but he was also a superb Arabist,
completely fluent in the literary and spoken versions of the language. . . . The
original pagination of each article is provided in the margin. The physical production of the book is satisfying to the eye and hand; Darwin Press is to be
congratulated and thanked, as are the editors. An introduction by G.R. Hawting summarizes Hinds’ career and publications, including a couple of paragraphs on each article in this book. . . . Hinds’ articles are essential reading
for any specialist in early Islamic history.”
—Journal of the American Oriental Society
Published: 1996; halftone and color illustrations; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xix, 262 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–109–6 $39.95
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Number 5:
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the Early Muslims
(A Textual Analysis)
by Uri Rubin
A textual analysis of the story of Muhammad’s prophetic emergence in
Mecca, as documented by early Islamic tradition. The author seems not
to judge the historical value of the events described, but, rather, to observe their textual dynamics and examine the traditions as a reflection
of early medieval Islamic society. Rubin surveys the process in which
Muslims read into the life of their prophet their own historical vision of
Islam as a successor to previous monotheistic faiths and shows how
Muslims sought to provide their prophet with a biography no less sacred than that of any other prophet of the Jews and Christians. The book
explores the process in which certain universal prophetic themes—
attestation, preparation, revelation, persecution, and salvation—were
adapted to specific Arabian conditions as well as to Qur’ānic models to
legitimate these themes in Islamic terms. The impact of political tensions within Islamic society on the shaping of Muhammad’s vita is also
elucidated.
“This book is distinguished not only by its approach and important new investigations, but also by the broad range of source material brought to bear on its
subject: not only biographies of the Prophet, but also numerous collections of
traditions and works of Qur’ānic exegesis (tafsīr), many rarely used in modern
scholarship. This is a groundbreaking, thoughtful and mature book, closely
argued and written in lucid prose.”
—Die Welt des Orients
“The book will be of great interest for anyone concerned with the traditional
material about the Prophet or with the dynamics of Muslim traditional literature in general. . . . Rubin’s substantial contribution to the study of Muslim
tradition, attractively produced and priced, is a welcome addition to the literature.”
—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Published: 1995; second printing; Bibliography; Indexes
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); ix, 289 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–110–X $27.50
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Number 6:
SAINTS SYRIAQUES
by Jean Maurice Fiey
Édité par Lawrence I. Conrad
A reference work, in French, of saintly figures who played a role in the
history and consciousness of the Syriac-speaking church in the East.
Details about them are scattered in calendrical, hagiographical, martyrological, historical, and other works, and the author has now collected
this material and organized it in a work that will long remain a classic
in its field. Entries for the various saints are arranged in alphabetical
order (with full cross-referencing) and offer not only such details as are
known about these figures but also a scholarly assessment of their personae and references for further reading. The book is essential reading
for those interested in the history of the Syriac church, MuslimChristian relations, the rise and development of Christianity in the Middle East, comparative religion, and Syriac literature.
Published: 2004; in French; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xxi; 224 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–111–8 $35.00
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Number 7:
A GATEWAY TO HELL, A GATEWAY TO PARADISE
The North African Response to the Arab Conquest
by Elizabeth Savage
The first study devoted exclusively to the process and effect of the Islamic conquest in North Africa. By drawing on the standard historical
sources and relatively unknown sectarian texts, the author has brought
into focus a region whose conflicts are characteristic of the late Umayyad and early ‘Abbāsid periods and has filled a gap for those interested
in early Islamic history as well as the peripheral issues of tribalism,
trade, and the role of indigenous Christian communities. The author
discusses, particularly, the Ibadiya, whose political moderation, doctrinal integrity, and affinity for long-distance network of Ibadi merchant
shaykhs linked the cities of the northern desert with outposts beyond the
Sahara, giving the Ibadi community a religious and economic coherence that has survived to the present day.
“An elegant study of the North African response to the Arab conquest, [this
book] will likely become the standard work on the development of Ibadism in
North Africa for some time to come.”
—Religious Studies
Review
Published: 1997; halftone and color illustrations; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); x, 206 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–112–6 $29.95
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Number 8:
ARABS AND OTHERS IN EARLY ISLAM
by Suliman Bashear
In this book the author pursues some of the ideas first set forth in his
controversial “Introduction to the Other History” (1984, in Arabic) in a
ground-breaking study of the ways in which the relations between Arabs and non-Arabs developed during the first centuries of Islam. Utilizing a broad range of sources, and especially the hitherto underexploited
but rich materials in hadīth and tafsīr, he abandons the traditional paradigm of conquerors and casts important new light on the Arabs’ perceptions and expectation of others who lived in or on the peripheries of
their new empire.
The book argues that, with the rise of the Arab empire in the seventh century, paradigms of Arab or Islamic identity did not yet exist in
their classical forms. In the course of arguing this thesis, Bashear also
offers important insights on the social and cultural history of early Islam, including changing attitudes toward bedouins, non-Arabs, and
non-Muslims, views on the learning of Arabic by non-Arabs, the notion
of Arabia as the Arab homeland, and apocalyptic insecurities. The book
represents a major new contribution to our understanding of the interplay of ethnicities and cultural identities in the formative era of Islamic
history.
“In this insightful and original study, Bashear interrogates the conventional
wisdom that the rise of the Arab polity and Islam were simultaneous from the
beginning. . . . The book is a fine example of the possibilities that open up
when Islamicists use the time-honored techniques of isnad analysis and careful
attention to textual tradition to scrutinize the core assumptions of a field and to
address broader historical questions that emerge in contemporary scholarly
circles.”
—MESA Bulletin
Published: 1997; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); viii, 161 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–126–6 $24.95
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Number 10:
THE CONTINUATIO OF THE
SAMARITAN CHRONICLE
OF ABŪ L-FATH AL-SĀMIRĪ AL-DANAFĪ
Text, Translated and Annotated
by Milka Levy-Rubin
The Kitāb al-Ta’rīkh of Abū l-Fath, the most complete and the most
famous of the Samaritan chronicles, has been widely treated since it
became known to scholars in the seventeenth century. Although the
original chronicle, as written by Abu al-Fath, ended with Muhammad,
the Kitāb al-Ta’rīkh also had a continuatio, running from the time of
Muhammad until ca. A.D. 930, of which the first part only was published in 1865, while its main part, which has survived in one manuscript only, has been ignored. Although the Continuatio is a history of
the Samaritan people from the time of Muhammad until ca. A.D. 930,
this part contains, in fact, considerable information not only about the
history of the Samaritan people, but also about political events of the
period in Palestine as well as in Syria and Egypt. It is a document of
special value, presenting the point of view of the dhimmīs, the
“protected non-Muslim population” living under Muslim rule, and providing many new facts concerning their lives and the current events.
Being a “local” chronicle, it naturally considers Palestine as the center
and views other countries and provinces as marginal to its concerns. It
provides the reader, therefore, with quite a special viewpoint of Palestine under Muslim rule, revealing many new facts concerning local
events.
This book provides an annotated translation of the Continuatio, accompanied by an Introduction and a facsimile edition of the manuscript,
which has not been published until now.
Published: 2002; Geographical Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ in. (15. x 24.1 cm); xiii, 203 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–136–3 $35.00
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Number 11:
THE EARLIEST BIOGRAPHIES
OF THE PROPHET
AND THEIR AUTHORS
by Josef Horovitz
Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad
This volume comprises a new edition of The Earliest Biographies of the
Prophet and Their Authors, a pioneering study on early Arab-Islamic
historiography by the German Orientalist Josef Horovitz (1874–1931).
The first comprehensive work of modern European scholarship on the
early accounts of Muhammad’s life to make full use of the available
sources, this study traces the emergence and growth of the sira tradition
from the generation of Muslims following the Prophet’s death down to
the great biographical dictionary of Ibn Sa‘d in the ninth century, and
thus covers many of the most important developments in the formative
stage of Arab-Islamic historical writing. Horovitz’ work has played a
key role in the study of its subject since its first publication in 1927–28,
and today it continues to serve as a valuable survey. The present edition
is a companion volume to a collection of other essays by Horovitz,
“Studies in the History and Culture of Early Islam,” also edited by Professor Conrad and soon to be published by the Darwin Press.
The original printed version of this book was a revision of the author’s 1904 Berlin Habilitationsschrift, prepared under the supervision
of Eduard Sachau and never published in the original German. For this
edition the English translation has been checked and many typographical and translation errors corrected. The notes have been expanded and
updated, and the work includes an introduction by the editor on the
study of early Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and
Horovitz’s role in sira studies as well as a full bibliography.
The book will be of interest to all scholars and students of Islamic
history, religious, studies, and pre-modern historiography.
Published: 2002; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Index
Size: 6¼ x 9½ in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm); xxxviii, 158 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–118–5 $29.95
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Number 13:
SEEING ISLAM AS OTHERS SAW IT
A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish
and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam
by Robert G. Hoyland
This book offers a new approach to the vexing question of how to write
the early history of Islam. The first part discusses the nature of the Muslim and non-Muslim source material for the seventh- and eighth-century
Middle East and argues that by lessening the divide between these two
traditions, which has largely been erected by modern scholarship, we
can come to a better appreciation of this crucial period. The second part
gives a detailed survey of sources and an analysis of some 120 nonMuslim texts, all of which provide information about the first century
and a half of Islam (roughly A.D. 620 to 780. The third part furnishes
examples, according to the approach suggested in the first part and with
the material presented in the second part, how one might write the history of this time. The fourth part takes the form of excurses on various
topics, such as the process of Islamization, the phenomenon of conversion to Islam, the development of techniques for determining the direction of prayer, and the conquest of Egypt.
Because this work views Islamic history with the aid of nonMuslim texts and assesses the latter in light of Muslim writings, it will
be essential reading for historians of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, or
Zoroastrianism—indeed, for all those with an interest in cultures of the
eastern Mediterranean in its traditional phase form late Antiquity to medieval times.
“For everybody who is involved with the early and modern history of the relations between Islam and Christianity, this is a very important step forward in
the research.”
—Exchange
Published: 1997; second printing; maps; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xviii, 872 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–125–8 $59.95
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Number 14:
NARRATIVES OF ISLAMIC ORIGINS
The Beginnings of Islamic Historical Writing
by Fred M. Donner
How and why did Muslims first come to write their own history? The
author argues in this work that the Islamic historical tradition arose not
out of “idle curiosity,” or through imitation of antique models, but as a
response to a variety of challenges facing the Islamic community during
its first several centuries (ca. seventh to tenth centuries C.E.). The narratives that resulted focused on certain themes of Islamic origins, selected
to legitimize particular aspects of the Islamic community and faith in
one another. These included the need to establish the status of Muhammad (d. 632) as prophet, to affirm that the community to which they
belonged was the direct descendant of the original community founded
by the Prophet, to explain (and justify) Muslim hegemony over the vast
populations of non-Muslims in the rapidly growing Islamic empire, and
to articulate different positions in the ongoing debate with the Islamic
community itself over political and religious leadership.
An examination of these key themes of early Islamic historiography and the issues generating them is placed in the context of other
styles of legitimation in the early Islamic community, including such
methods as appeals to piety and genealogy.
This book is a ground-breaking work that represents the first comprehensive tradition-critical account of the origins and rise of ArabIslamic historiography, and is essential reading for all historians of medieval Islamic history and civilization, and for all those interested in the
historiography of comparative civilizations.
“The book offers a broad range of perceptive observations about the nature of
early Islamic historical writing and should contribute to a more positive assessment of its source value for the origins of Islam than has been conveyed by
the majority of recent studies.”
—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Published: 1998; second printing; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xv, 358 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–127–4 $29.95
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Number 17:
BETWEEN BIBLE AND QUR’ĀN
The Children of Israel and the Islamic Self-Image
by Uri Rubin
This book investigates the role played by Jews and Christians in the
historical perceptions of Muslims in early Islamic times and examines
the manner in which Muslims viewed their own role in history as compared to that of the Jews and Christians—the “Children of Israel,” as
they are usually called in the context of world history.
Pursuing a new line of analysis, the study draws comparisons between texts dominated by Biblical elements and those dominated by
Qur’ānic elements, and in this way reveals a process of transition from
a universal perception of Islam, expressing a common Jewish-Arab
messianism, to a particularist perception of the faith, representing the
growth of the Arab consciousness of the Muslims.
The book also explores the foundations upon which the believers
focused on the values of jamā‘a and sunna, which were deployed in the
Sunnī campaign against assimilation with others, targeted especially
against such groups as Khawārij, Qadarīs, and Shī‘īs. Behind the Israelite stigma attached to these trends lies a background of disagreements
over the status and interpretation of the Qur’ān, and the conflicts analyzed in the book expose the parallelism between the Bible and Qur’ān
as bases of schism and hence reveal important new dimensions of the
heated debate over assimilation with others in early Islamic times.
This book will be of interest to students of the history and interpretation of the Qur’ān and of early Islamic tradition and dogma and early
Islamic history, as well as to all those interested in comparative religion
and intercultural relations between Muslins and non-Muslims.
Published: 1999; Bibliography; Indexes
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xiii, 318 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–134–7 $29.95
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Number 19:
A LONELY WAYFARER’S GUIDE TO PILGRIMAGE
‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Harawī’s
Kitāb al-ishārāt ilā ma‘rifat al-ziyārāt
Translated with an Annotated Introduction
by Josef W. Meri
More than 800 years ago, an Iraqi scholar, teacher, preacher, ascetic,
pilgrim, ambassador, and counsellor to the ‘Abbāsid caliph left his native Iraq and settled in Syria. ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Harawī (d. 611/1215)
came to serve Saladin (r. 564/1169–589/1193) and his sons as an advisor and an emissary to Christian rulers. Al-Harawī lived in an age in
which the Jews and Christians of the Islamic world lived in relative
peace and prosperity, even while Muslims were at war with the Crusaders. This period witnessed the spread of Sūfī orders, the construction of
domed shrines, and the growth of pilgrimage activities throughout the
Islamic world and Mediterranean.
Al-Harawī’s Kitāb al-ishārāt ilā ma‘rifat al-ziyārāt is the only
known medieval pilgrimage guide for the Islamic world, North Africa,
and the Mediterranean. This unique account is presented by Josef Meri
in a meticulously annotated English translation along with the parallel
Arabic text, and an accessible introduction that explores al-Harawī’s
life and times. Among the pilgrimage sites included are the Dome of the
Rock and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the tombs of
the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, the shrine of the
Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law ‘Alī at Najaf in Iraq and that of the
Prophet Ezekiel outside Baghdad. Also mentioned are Jewish and
Christian sites and the antiquities of ancient Egypt and Byzantium. A
Lonely Wayfarer’s Guide affords the reader a rare glimpse into the
popular pietistic practices, rituals, and beliefs of the inhabitants of the
medieval Mediterranean basin and the Islamic world in general. This
guide testifies to the author’s reverence for the holy places not just of
Sunnī and Shī‘ī Muslims, but also those of Jews and Christians.
Published: 2004; maps; halftone illustrations; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ (15.6 x 24.1 cm); xli, 310 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–169–X $39.95
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Number 20:
IBN ‘ASĀKIR AND EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY
Edited by James E. Lindsay
Begun in 1134 and completed some four decades later, Ibn ‘Asākir’s
massive Ta’rīkh madīnat Dimashq (“History of Damascus”), with its
10,226 biographical notices, is a veritable gold mine of information for
our understanding of the first five and one-half centuries of Islamic history. Now that it has finally been edited and published in its entirety,
scholars will have far greater access to this fundamentally important
(and to date little exploited) Syrian source. Ibn ‘Asākir and Early Islamic History seeks to demonstrate the kinds of questions that Ibn
‘Asākir (d. 571/1176) can answer for us, and highlights Ibn ‘Asākir’s
importance for the study of early Islamic History and Historiography,
especially in the context of geographic Syria (Bilād al-Shām). Although
the essays in this volume do not necessarily represent agreement as to
the particulars of Ibn ‘Asākir’s historiographic agenda(s), each essay
addresses important aspects of his methodology in his presentation of
his vision of Syria’s past. Taken separately, the individual contributions
serve as guides through the perils and pitfalls of specific aspects of Ibn
‘Asākir’s coverage of the early Islamic past. Taken together, they show
us how one Crusader-era Muslim envisioned the formative centuries of
his own embattled religious and cultural community. The list of contributors includes Marianne Engle Cameron, Paul M. Cobb, Fred M.
Donner, Steven C. Judd, James E. Lindsay, and Suleiman A. Mourad.
Published: 2002; Appendices; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm); xii, 157 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–120–7 $27.50
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Number 21:
STUDIES IN MUSLIM APOCALPYTIC
by David Cook
Until now, Muslim apocalyptic has been assumed to have been primarily a Shī‘ī endeavor. The present work demonstrates that in reality the
Sunnī material is broader, and that the Shī‘ī material is in fact subsidiary to the Sunnī. In addition, the book is designed to present Muslim
apocalyptic beliefs as a whole, categorizing them into cycles or stories.
Muslim apocalyptic developed in tandem with Jewish and Christian
apocalyptic beliefs of the same period, each tradition playing off the
others to create a sequence useful to the community in question. The
present work reveals how deeply important apocalyptic beliefs are to all
areas of Sunnī and Shī‘ī religious (and often mundane) literature. This
has not been a phenomenon confined to the masses; on the contrary,
responsible religious and political leaders have been instrumental in
both generating and circulating this literature. Because of the politically
charged nature of the individual traditions, however, many of them
have been either excluded from the canonical collections of hadīth or
reinterpreted in a more innocuous direction. This book seeks to restore
to prominence this vital and central facet of classical Muslim religious
and political life.
Published: 2003; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm); xii, 472 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–142–8 $39.95
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Number 22:
DAS KITĀB AL-AMWĀL DES
ABŪ ‘UBAID AL-QĀSIM B. SALLĀM
by Andreas Görke
When did the first books emerge in Islamic culture, and how were they
transmitted over the centuries? This highly controversial question is
essential to our understanding of the rise of early Islamic educational
and intellectual institutions, as well as for the evaluation of the earliest
sources of Islamic history in general.
Taking into account the biographical tradition, the manuscripts of
the Kitāb al-Amwāl with their numerous endorsements, and quotations
from the Kitāb al-Amwāl in later works, the author sheds important
light on the relationship between oral and written transmission. He also
focuses on differences and similarities between authors and transmitters
of works and on the difficulties of distinguishing the one from the other.
He presents us with new insights on the emergence and development of
teaching and study methods in classical Islam and on the importance of
the oral tradition against the background of the appearance of increasing numbers of books.
***
Wann entstanden die ersten Bücher im Islam und wie wurden sie überliefert? Diese in der Islamwissenschaft seit längerem kontrovers
diskutierte Frage ist sowohl entscheidend, um den Quellenwert der
frühesten Werke im Islam zu bestimmen als auch, um die Entwicklung
des islamischen Lehrbetriebs nachvollziehen zu können. Ihre Beantwortung hilft also, die frühislamische Geschichte insgesamt besser zu verstehen.
Auf der methodologischen Ebene setzt sich die Arbeit kritisch mit den
bislang zur Datierung von frühislamischen Werken verwendeten Methoden auseinander. Dabei werden vor allem die Schwächen einer reinen
Formanalyse deutlich. Hier gelingt der Nachweis, dass eine solche Formanalyse von Werken ohne Rückgriff auf die Handschriften eines
Werkes und ohne die Berücksichtigung von Zitaten in späteren Werken
leicht zu falschen Ergebnissen führen kann.
Published: 2003; in German; Bibliography; Charts; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm); ix, 204 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–146–0 $39.95
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Number 23:
THE “CONSTITUTION OF MEDINA”
Muhammad’s First Legal Document
by Michael Lecker
This document, known in Orientalist jargon as the “Constitution of Medina,” is accepted, even by iconclasts of the field, as an original document going back to the Prophet Muhammad. Yet, for some reason, it
has not received its fair share of scholarly attention. This book is an
attempt to remedy this situation, and includes the two known versions
of the “Constitution,” founded on many sources. This is followed by
introductory chapters dealing with the Muslim and Jewish groups that
participated in the document. Finally, there is a translation and a detailed commentary on the clauses.
In this book, the author argues that most of the Jewish tribes of Medina, including the large ones, did not participate in the “Constitution”;
the main tribes had more rudimentary, non-belligerency treaties with
Muhammad. In addition, the assumption that the “Constitution” declared each Jewish group as an umma or community rests on a faulty
reading: In fact the participating Jews received a guarantee of security
(amana).
This monograph will enrich the resources available for the study of
Muhammad’s concepts and policies shortly after his arrival at Medina.
Published: 2004; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6⅛ x 9½ in. (15.9 x 24.1 cm); viii, 227 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–148–7 $35.00
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Studies in Late Antiquity
and Early Islam
Series Editor
Lawrence I. Conrad is University Professor and Professor for the History and Culture of the Near East at the Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
Authors, Editors, and Translators
Jere Bacharach is Professor of History at the University of Washington.
Suliman Bashear was a leading scholar and administrator at the University of Nablus and taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Michael Bonner is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the
University of Michigan and Director of the Center for Middle East and
North African Studies, University of Michigan.
Averil Cameron is Warden of Keble College, University of Oxford.
David Cook is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University.
Patricia Crone is Mellon Professor of Islamic History at the Institute
for Advanced Study, Princeton.
Fred M. Donner is Professor of Near Eastern History, The Oriental
Institute and the University of Chicago.
Jean Maurice Fiey, O.P., was Professor of Arab-Islamic Civilization at
the Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut.
Andreas Görke is a researcher at the University of Basel.
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(continued)
John Haldon is Professor of Byzantine History at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, and Head of the School of
Historical Studies, University of Birmingham.
G.R. Hawting is Professor of the History of the Near East and Middle
East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
Martin Hinds was Lecturer in Arabic at Cambridge University.
Josef Horovitz was Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of
Frankfurt and first director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Robert G. Hoyland is Reader in Middle East History, University of
St. Andrews.
G.R.D. King is Reader in Islamic Art and Archaeology at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Michael Lecker is Professor of Arabic, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Milka Levy-Rubin is Lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
James E. Lindsay is Associate Professor of History, Colorado State
University.
Josef W. Meri is Fellow and Special Scholar in Residence, Aal-al-Bayt
Foundation for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan. (from 01 Mar 2005)
Albrecht Noth was Professor of Islamic Studies at the Institute for the
Culture and History of the Near East, University of Hamburg.
Uri Rubin is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Tel Aviv University.
Elizabeth Savage works in the Department of Coins and Medals at the
British Museum.
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Other books on the Near East
and Central Asia
Afghanistan: From Holy War to Civil War. Oliver Roy.
1995. 142 pp. ISBN 0-87850-076-6 (cl)
Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun
of Tunis (1332-1406). Charles Issawi.
Revised, 1987. 192 pp. ISBN 0-87850-056-1 (cl)
The Arab World’s Legacy: Essays by Charles Issawi.
1981. 378 pp. ISBN 0-87850-040-5 (pb)
Classical Arab Islam: The Culture and Heritage of the Golden Age. Tarif
Khalidi.
1985. xix, 204 pp. ISBN 0-87850-048-0 (pb)
Death and Exile; The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1921-1922.
Justin McCarthy.
1995. xv, 368 pp. ISBN 0-87850-094-4 (cl)
The Economic Dimensions of Middle Eastern History: Essays in Honor of
Charles Issawi. Edited by Haleh Esfandiari and A. L. Udovitch, with an
Introduction by Bernard Lewis.
1990. 368 pp. ISBN 0-87850-070-0 (pb); ISBN 0-87850-070-7 (cl)
The Formation and Perception of the Modern Arab World: Studies by Marwan R. Buheiry. Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad.
1989. 624 pp. ISBN 0-87850-064-2 (cl)
From Madina to Metropolis: Heritage and Change in the Near Eastern City.
Edited by L. Carl Brown.
1973. 343 pp. ISBN 0-87850-007-3 (pb)
Growing Up Different: The Memoirs of a Middle East Scholar. Charles Issawi.
1999. 112 pp. ISBN 0-87850-132-0 (cl)
Interpretations of Islam: Past and Present. Emmanuel Sivan.
1985. x, 255 pp. ISBN 0-87850-049-9 (cl)
The Islamic World from Classical to Modern Times: Essays in Honor of Bernard Lewis. Edited by C.E. Bosworth et al.
1989. xxv, 915 pp. ISBN 0-87850-066-9
Issawi’s Laws of Social Motion. Charles Issawi. Enlarged Edition. Illustrations
by David Pascal.
1991. vii, 256 pp. ISBN 0-87850-073-1 (pb)
Jews Among Arabs: Contacts and Boundaries. Edited by Mark R. Cohen and
Abraham Udovitch.
1989. 140 pp. ISBN 0-87850-068-5 (cl)
The Jews of the Ottoman Empire. Edited and with an introduction by Avigdor
Levy.
1994. xvi, 783 pp. ISBN 0-87850-090-1 (cl)
Literary heritage of Classical Islam: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of
James A. Bellamy. Edited by Mustansir Mir.
1993. vi, 359 pp. ISBN 0-87850-099-5 (cl)
Oil and the Economic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa, Studies
by Alexander Melamid. Edited by C. Max Kortepeter.
1991. 320 pp. ISBN 0-87850-075-8 (cl)
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(continued)
Ottoman Greeks in the Age of Nationalism. Edited by Dimitri Gondicas and
Charles Issawi.
1998. 220 pp. ISBN 0-87850-096-0 (cl)
Persepolis: The Archaeology of Parsa, Seat of the Persian Kings. Donald N.
Wilber. Revised edition.
1989, xiv, 129 pp. ISBN 0-87850-062-6 (cl)
Psychological Dimensions of Near Easters Studies. L. Carl Brown and Norman Itzkowitz, Editors.
1977. vii, 382 pp. ISBN 0-87850-028-6
———(pb=paperbound; cl=clothbound All books on the following pages are clothbound unless otherwise
specified as paperbound.
Map of Parsa and the twenty-three lands held by Darius early in his reign.
From: Persepolis: The Archaeology of Parsa, Seat of the Persian Kings,
by Donald N. Wilber.
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THE LEON B. POULLADA MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES
PROGRAM IN NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
AFGHANISTAN
From Holy War to Civil War
by Oliver Roy
Afghanistan: From Holy War to Civil War assesses the impact of the
Afghan mujahidin movement as a case study of the success and limits
of the Islamic political framework. The Afghan mujahidin movement is
portrayed in all its specificity and in the broader context of its links to
world Islamic fundamentalism.
Olivier Roy combines intimate knowledge gained from extensive
field experience in the country with an analysis of the international political context of the mujahidin movement and its ideology. This is a
brilliant work, with a sobering conclusion: Although the mujahidin succeeded in forcing the Soviet Army out of their country, they did not
manage to establish a “new society.” Instead, “traditional Afghan society has returned with its ethnic and tribal divisions, but also with its
concept of power centered around clientele and personal alliances.” A
minefield for international ideological movements, the country was engulfed in an internal game of power and managed to elude any international alignment based on ideology alone.
About the Author. Olivier Roy is a research scholar and political scientist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. A specialist on Afghanistan and on Muslim Central Asia, he spent many
months with the Afghan mujahidin inside Afghanistan.
“Mature and sophisticated contributions to the political scholarship of Afghanistan.”
—Middle East Journal
“Roy is one of the most acute, even brilliant, observers of Islamic politics today, and here again he showers the reader with insights often expressed in
those little apercus in which Lycée students are encouraged to express their
philosophical ideas.”
—International Journal of Middle East Studies
Published: 1995; maps; color plates; glossary; Bibliography; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 142 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–076–6 $24.95
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AN ARAB PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
Selections from the Prolegomena of
Ibn Khaldun of Tunis (1332-1406)
Translated and arranged
by Charles Issawi
The Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldūn are in many ways the most remarkable manifestation of Islamic philosophical thought. Not only did Ibn
Khaldūn sum up the accumulated knowledge and leading doctrines of
his civilization, but in many fields he broke new ground and anticipated
the findings of Western social scientists of the last two centuries. The
passages have been grouped to illustrate Ibn Khaldūn’s views on
Historical Method
Geography
Economics
Public Finance
Population
Society and State
Religion and Politics
Knowledge and Society
The Theory of Being
The Theory of Knowledge
This translation is intended for students of thought, rather than specialized Arabic scholars, and for those interested in the intellectual
background of the Arab world. First published in 1950 and reprinted
several times, this revision contains a new chapter and a thoroughly
revised and updated bibliography.
About the Translator. The late Charles Issawi was Bayard E. Dodge
Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University.
“The best work for students or the casual reader who wants to know more
about this great Tunisian philosopher of history and early sociologist.”
—The Muslim World Book Review
Published: 1950; revised, 1987; Bibliography; Index
Size: 5 x 7 (12.7 x 18 cm); xiv; 192 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–056–1 $14.95
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THE ARAB WORLD’S LEGACY
Essays by Charles Issawi
These essays, written over a period of thirty years, crystallize Professor
Issawi’s insights on Arab civilization. They cover a wide variety of subjects: cultural and demographic history, economics, and politics–from
the seventh century to the present. About half the book is devoted to the
formative period of classical Islamic civilization; the other half is devoted to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These views give an
idea of the size, complexity, and structure of a vast, ancient, and modern civilization.
About the Author. The late Charles Issawi was Bayard E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University. He was
previously chief of research at the National Bank of Egypt from 1934 to
1943, taught at the American University of Beirut (1943–47), and in
1951 joined the faculty of Columbia University, where he was Ragnar
Nurkse Professor of Economics and Director of Columbia’s Near and
Middle East Institute.
“Issawi’s sharp deductive mind distills new conclusions, and draws out novel
projections. Lucidity of style and wit refresh this body of knowledge and make
it exciting reading at any time.”
—International Journal of Middle East Studies
“Charles Issawi is at home in the politics and economics of the contemporary
Middle East, but he likes to look at them in long historical perspective. These
collected essays . . . are written with sound scholarship and urbane detachment.”
—Foreign Affairs
Published: 1950; revised and reprinted, 1986; Notes; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 378 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–040–5 $14.95(pb)
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CLASSICAL ARAB ISLAM
The Culture and Heritage of the Golden Age
by Tarif Khalidi
This book, a milestone of Islamic scholarship, calls attention to those
aspects of Arab Islamic culture that excite modern controversy. Professor Khalidi examines the classical period, when the basic cultural patterns of Islamic civilization were established, the various branches of
religious and nonreligious scholarship defined, and the religious lifestyles had become embedded in the subconscious of an ancient society.
The topics covered are:
The Foundations
God and His Community
Islamic Paideia
Attitudes Towards the past
The Mystic Quest
The Place of Reason
The World of Nature
The Governance of the Umma
Ibn Khaldūn—The Great Synthesist
Past and Present in Contemporary Arabic Thought
About the Author. Tarif Khalidi is Professor of History at the American University of Beirut. Educated at Oxford University and the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), he is the author of Islamic Historiography
and editor of Land Tenure and Social Transformation in the Middle
East.
“A thoughtful book, and one that will repay reading. . . . Here there is both
spirit and sense. . . . Recommended strongly for undergraduate reading lists
was well as for general libraries.”
—Choice
“Students will find this book stimulating and the bibliographical essay a useful
guide to the literature relevant to each lecture.”
—Mesa Bulletin
“A significant contribution to Western understanding of the Arab World.”
—The Middle East Journal
Published: 1996; Bibliographical essay; Glossary; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 158 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–048–0 $10.95(pb)
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DEATH AND EXILE
The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1921-1922
by Justin McCarthy
Death and Exile is the dramatic history of the deportation and death of
millions of Muslims in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
from areas that have remained centers of conflict—the Balkans, the
Middle East, and what was the Soviet Union—and shows how these
conflicts developed. The history of the expansion of the Russian Empire
and the creation of new nations in the Balkans have traditionally been
told from the standpoint of the Christian nations that were carved from
the Ottoman Empire. Death and Exile tells the story from the standpoint
of the Turks and other Muslims who suffered death and exile as a result
of imperialism, nationalism, and ethnic conflict. The compelling story
that unfolds in Death and Exile deepens our perspective on the history
of the peoples of the Middle East and the Balkans and presents a framework for understanding modern developments in the region.
About the Author. Justin McCarthy, Professor of History at the University of Louisville, is a historian and demographer who has written
extensively on the peoples of the Balkans and the Middle East. Among
his previous works are: Muslims and Minorities (1983) and The Population of Palestine (1990).
“The book is well documented, not only by Turkish archival materials but also
by Western European diplomatic reports and eyewitness accounts.” —Choice
“This masterful analysis details sustained Christian prejudice and brutality to
Muslims and revises dramatically the historiography of the late Ottoman Empire, the Balkans, southern Russia, and modern Turkey. It is a major historical
achievement.”
—Middle East Journal
“This is the first well-documented and comprehensive Western account of the
treatment of Ottoman Muslims from the 1820s to 1919–1922. The scope of the
book, its vast documentation, and the author’s efforts to remain objective and
impartial in analyzing little known events that most other Western scholars
have ignored are praiseworthy. . . . McCarthy’s book is a major scholarly
achievement . . . and an act of intellectual courage and honesty.”
—International Migration Review
Published: 1995; fifth printing, 2004; Maps; bibliography; index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); xv, 368 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–094–4 $35.00
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THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
OF MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY
Essays in Honor of Charles Issawi
Edited by Haleh Esfandiari and A. L. Udovitch
(with an Introduction by Bernard Lewis)
In this celebratory volume, a group of eminent scholars pays tribute to
Professor Issawi’s distinguished career with a number of studies that
examine key issues in the economic history of the Middle East. Essays
cover such subjects as: British and American efforts to organize the
Middle East; aspects of the Middle East oil industry; the Middle East in
World Trade; economic justice in contemporary Islamic thought; property rights in the Islamic Republic or Iran; the growth of public sector
enterprise in the Middle East; and international commerce in the eleventh century.
“The breadth of the material that is presented here stands as a good testimony
for the wide-ranging impact Charles Issawi has had on the study of the Middle
East. . . . This book also represents something close to the state of the art in the
economic history of the Middle East.”
—MESA Bulletin
Published: 1990; Notes; bibliography
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 368 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–070–7 $24.95
CIP ISBN 0–87850–071–5 $17.95(pb)
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THE FORMATION AND PERCEPTION
OF THE MODERN ARAB WORLD
Studies by Marwan R. Buheiry
Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad
This volume–an indispensable contribution to an understanding of contemporary Arab history–comprises twenty-seven important studies by
the eminent Lebanese historian Marwan R. Buheiry, who died in London in 1986. In the course of his distinguished career at the American
University of Beirut, he published many studies on the political, economic, social, and intellectual history of the modern Arab world, in particular of Lebanon and the Arab East in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. The studies published in this volume revolve around four
main themes:
European Perceptions of the Orient
The Superpowers and the Arab World
The Economic History of the Middle East
Middle Eastern Intellectual and Artistic History
Many of these studies were first published in French or Arabic translation, this volume publishes the original English text and includes
much previously unpublished material. The final chapter includes a selection of 49 photographs from Buheiry’s photograph collection.
About the Author. Marwan R. Buheiry was Associate Professor of
History at the American University of Beirut and founder and first director of the Centre for Lebanese Studies (Oxford).
About the Editor. Lawrence I. Conrad is University Professor and Professor for the History and Culture of the Near East at the Asia-Africa
Institute, University of Hamburg.
“It is hard to imagine that anyone reading this collection of studies by Marwan
Buheiry would not understand the fearful loss to Lebanon, the Arabs and to
historical scholarship caused by his sudden death. . . at the age of 51. . . . Rich
collections from a master.”
—Middle East International
Published: 1989; Plates; notes; Index
Size: 7 x 10 (17.8 x 25.4 cm); 624 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–064–2 $29.95
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FROM MEDINA TO METROPOLIS
Heritage and Change in the Near Eastern City
Edited by L. Carl Brown
This now classic study of Near Eastern cities provides insight and guidance for anyone interested in this important area of the world. Architects, demographers, urban planners, art scholars, and other specialists
on the Near East discuss specific cities and countries illustrative of different regions and cultural areas. Contributors include: L. Carl Brown
(Introduction); Ira P. Lapidus (Traditional Muslim Cities); Paul English
(The Traditional City of Herat); Janet Abu-Lughod (Cairo); Samir Khalaf and Per Kongstad (Urbanization and Urbanism in Beirut); Karol
Krotki (The Socio-Economic Evolution of the Inhabitants of a Desert
City: The Case of Omdurman); Saba George Shiber (Kuwait); Jean
Dethier (Urbanization of Concepts of Housing, Urbanism, and Country
Planning: Morocco); Ilhan Tekeli (Evolution of Spatial Organization in
the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic); Cevat Erder (The Care of
Historic Monuments and Sites in Turkey); Richard Ettinghausen
(Muslim Cities: Old and New); and Hassan Fathy (Constancy, Transposition and Change in the Arab city).
About the Author. L. Carl Brown is Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs, Emeritus, Princeton University.
“No reader of Lewis Mumford will want to overlook this book. No student of
the Near East should.”
—Washington Star-News
Published: 1973; Plates; Bibliography; Glossary; Index
Size: 7 x 10 (17.8 x 25.4 cm); 343 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–007–3 $19.95(pb)
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GROWING UP DIFFERENT
The Memoirs of a Middle East Scholar
by Charles Issawi
From his early childhood, growing up in Cairo and in Khartoum,
through his school years at Victoria College (in Alexandria), and then at
Magdalen College (Oxford), Professor Issawi’s journeys led him to positions in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of
Egypt, in Cairo, and finally to academia at the American University of
Beirut. After moving to the United States, and while serving in the Department of Economic Affairs at the United Nations, he was named
Ragner Nurkse Professor of Economics at Columbia University. During
this time Professor Issawi began work on his well-known masterpieces
of economic history: The Economic History of the Middle East (1966)
and The Economic History of Iran: 1800-1914 (1971). He moved to
Princeton University in 1975, was named Bayard E. Dodge Professor of
Near Eastern Studies and then continued with The Economic History of
Turkey: 1800-1914 (1980) and An Economic History of the Middle East
and North Africa (1982). He served as president of the Middle East
Studies Association of North America in 1973.
Two of his most popular works have for many years remained in
print (published by the Darwin Press). One is An Arab Philosophy of
History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis
(1332-1406), first published in 1950. The other work (considered his
“best work” in his own estimation and that of his very close friends) is
Issawi’s Laws of Social Motion (1973)—an unusual and erudite collection of laws and aphorisms on such principles relating to economics,
politics, progress, revolution, and social science.
“This personal memoir is about the late Professor Issawi’s life as teacher and
traveler, friend to many whose lives have been enriched by knowing him, and
about his scholarship, compassion, and enthusiasms. He was honored by his
students for his contributions and service on behalf of Middle East studies,
with the MESA 1999 Mentoring Award. Professor Issawi’s youthful ambition
was to improve the world, with economics as a ‘powerful tool for that purpose.’ He never lost sight of that goal.”
—Journal of Semitic Studies
(Review of Chapter III)
Published: 1999; Illustrations; Notes; Bibliography
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 23.4); 112 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–132–0 $16.95
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INTERPRETATIONS OF ISLAM
Past and Present
by Emmanuel Sivan
This timely collection of essays has as its theme the way modern Muslims themselves look at their past and present. Professor Sivan has used
Muslim authors as his source for what many will consider a stimulating
and often controversial contribution to the field of Islamic studies. The
legacy of the Middle Ages in the form of the Crusades serves as a stepping stone from which the author begins his examination of a history
that in modern times has become increasingly politicized. Among other
topics examined are: the attitude of intellectuals to political power and
the sanctity of Jerusalem; Edward Said’s controversial book Orientalism; and the ways colonialist ideas have distorted the image of Islam.
Professor Sivan explores diverse aspects of these themes, casting his net
far and wide, and encompassing medieval and contemporary Islamic
history, Mashriq and Maghrib, and the often clashing views of the Muslim native and that of the European colonizer.
About the Author. Emmanuel Sivan, Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly,
and has written a number of other studies on Middle Eastern history.
While a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton,
NJ), he prepared these essays for publication.
“A serious contribution to the study of contemporary Muslim historical
thought. The essays are written in a clear, concise style, and each is replete
with elaborate notes. The volume is essential reading for both students and
specialists concerned with modern Islam and is highly recommended to academic libraries.”
—Choice
Published: 1985; Notes; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); x, 255 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–049–9 $19.95
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THE ISLAMIC WORLD
FROM CLASSICAL TO MODERN TIMES
Essays in Honor of Bernard Lewis
C.E. Bosworth, Charles Issawi, Roger Savory,
and A.L. Udovitch, Editors
(with an Introduction by Charles Issawi)
Bernard Lewis’s work has covered all periods, and most countries, of
the Islamic Middle East. This festschrift, written by some of his numerous colleagues, friends, and former students, includes some of the most
distinguished Orientalists, historians, and social scientists of our time
and is a fitting tribute to Professor Lewis’s scholarship. The contributions range, geographically, from “On Chinese Rhubarb” to “The Jewish Courtier Class in Late Eighteenth-Century Morocco” and, topically,
from “The Concept of Authority in Islamic Thought” to “A Forgotten
Ottoman Romance” and “Safety in Numbers: Reflections on the Middle
Eastern Balance of Power.” Taken together, the fifty-two essays constitute a variegated collection of studies on a many-sided and important
civilization. The collections are assembled under three major headings:
The Classical and Medieval Islamic World
Ottoman Studies
The Modern Middle East
About Bernard Lewis. Professor Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University.
“This lengthy collection is a proper monument to the man honored.”
—MESA Bulletin
Published: 1989; third printing; plates; notes
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); xxv, 915 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–066–9 $39.95
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ISSAWI’S LAWS OF SOCIAL MOTION
by Charles Issawi
Enlarged Edition. Illustrations by David Pascal
This is an unusual collection of laws and aphorisms by Charles Issawi,
the renowned economists and Middle East scholar. Professor Issawi has
formulated principles on revolution, progress, social science, politics,
economics, and Americana, Et Cetera in an erudite and humorous way.
He is a keen observer of social and historical problems, and his definitions are evocative, to say the least. The more serious reader may find
his irony, humor, and tongue-in-cheek satire compelling.
About the Author. The late Charles Issawi was Bayard E. Dodge Professor, Emeritus, Princeton University and formerly Ragnar Nurkse
Professor of Economics at Columbia University. He served at the
United Nations Secretariat, and at the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of Egypt, and wrote over a dozen books on Middle East
economics, politics, and history.
About the Illustrator. David Pascal is the author and illustrator of the
award-winning children’s book The Silly Knight, and is the editor of
Comics: The Art of the Comic Strip.
“I have found [the book] altogether delightful as a form of humor, but also 100
percent true as a statement of current social problems. Professor Issawi displays deep perception of historical situations and developments.”
—Mario Pei
“Mr. Issawi discovered the Law of Petroleum in 1951: ‘Where there are Muslims there is oil; the converse is not true.’ Since then he has gone on to formulate a number of other principles. They are worth reading and are especially to
be recommended to all who are liberal minded.” —C. Northcote Parkinson
Published: 1973; revised and enlarged, 1991; second printing; illustrated
Size: 5¼ x 8¼ (13.3 x 20.9 cm); vii, 256 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–073–1 $14.95(pb)
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JEWS AMONG ARABS
Contacts and Boundaries
Edited by Mark R. Cohen and Abraham Udovitch
This book, based on a colloquium organized at Princeton University,
examines Jewish-Arab relationships using the experience of the Jewish
communities of North Africa and Iraq in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries as one example of interaction between a religioethnic minority
group and the dominant society at large.
The six papers in this volume comprise the fruits of the colloquium
and, it is hoped, make a qualitative contribution to a different kind of
study of Jewish-Arab relations in the modern world--one that might be
relevant to other minorities as well. Contributors include: Joelle Bahoul,
Elie Kedourie, Daniel Schroeter, Sasson Somekh, Norman A. Stillman,
and Lucette Valensie. Contents include:
Lost Voices: Jewish Authors in Modern Arabic Literature
The Break Between Muslims and Jews in Iraq
Religious Orthodoxy or Local Tradition
From a Muslim banquet to a Jewish Seder
Contacts and Boundaries in the Domain of Language
Trade as Mediator in Muslim-Jewish Relations
About the Editors. Mark R. Cohen is Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director, Program in Jewish Studies, Princeton University.
Abraham L. Udovitch is Khedouri A. Zilka Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East and former chairman of the Department of Near
Eastern Studies, Princeton University.
Published: 1989; Notes
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); 140 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–068–5 $14.95
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THE JEWS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Edited and with an introduction
by Avigdor Levy
This volume is a major contribution to Jewish as well as to Ottoman,
Balkan, Middle Eastern, and North African history. These twenty-eight
original essays grew out of an international conference at Brandeis University—the first ever to be convened specifically on this subject. Outstanding scholars from Israel, Turkey, Europe, and the United States
contributed wide-ranging essays dealing with the Jewish communities
of the Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans and Anatolia to Arabia, from
Mesopotamia to North Africa.
The essays focus on many central topics: the structure of the Jewish
communities, their organization and institutions, the scope of their
autonomy, and their place in Ottoman society. Other subjects include
Sephardic folklore, Jewish-Muslim acculturation, Jewish contributions
to Ottoman arts, demographic perspectives of the Jewish communities,
problems of immigration and emigration, the modernization of Ottoman
Jewry, and Jewish participation in political life. The editor has also provided an in-depth Introduction previously published under the title The
Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire (1992).
About the Editor. Avigdor Levy is Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University.
“This volume . . . is of major significance for the study both of Jewish and of
Ottoman histories and cultures. . . . Avigdor Levy and his coauthors deserve
our sincere gratitude for a remarkable collection. . . . This book should be in
every university library and every Middle Eastern, Turkish, and Jewish library.
. . . Individual scholars also should certainly consider adding it to their personal collections.”
--International Journal of Middle East Studies
“A striking feature of the volume is how excellently the editor has done his
task. Above all, he has elicited a series of essays of almost uniformly high
quality, and although these cover a large range of topics, he has given them a
coherence, first by grouping articles together under a series of six headings
and, most commendably, by adding cross-references between the individual
contributions.”
—Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Published: 1994; second printing; Plates; graphs; maps; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); xvi, 783 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–090–1 $69.95
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LITERARY HERITAGE OF CLASSICAL ISLAM
Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of James A. Bellamy
Edited by Mustansir Mir,
in collaboration with Jarl E. Fossum
This Festschrift is offered in recognition of the contributions of Professor James A. Bellamy, distinguished scholar in the fields of Arabic and
Islamic studies. The papers in this volume not only pay tribute to him
but also reflect the catholicity of his interests. Contents: Epigraphy; Poetry; Scripture, Theology, and Politics; Sīra, Bibliography, and Travel
Literature; and Miscellanea. Contributors include: Jareer Abu-Haidar,
Jarl E. Fossum, Adel S. Gamal, Lenn E. Goodman, Nicholas Heer, Th.
Emil Homerin, Malcolm C. Lyons, Mustansir Mir, James E. Montgomery, Ian Newton, Wadad, al-Qadi, Franz Rosenthal, Michael Sells, Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, A.I. Tayob, and Michael Zwettler.
Part I: Epigraphy
Part II: Poetry
Part III: Scripture, Theology, and Politics
Part IV: Sirah, Bibliography, and Travel Literature
Part V: Miscellanea
About the Editor. Mustansir Mir is University Professor of Islamic
Studies, Youngstown State University, Ohio.
Published: 1993; Illustrations; Bibliography
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); vi, 359 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–099–5 $35.00
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OIL AND THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Studies by Alexander Melamid
Edited by C. Max Kortepeter
This timely publication of Alexander Melamid’s most important studies
gives us the opportunity to follow the development of the field of economic geography as applied to the Middle East during the past half century. The wide range of Professor Melamid’s interests and the flexibility with which he treats the project provide many new insights on the
Middle East for both specialists and interested laymen. The materials
here reproduced in their original formats are arranged under the following three headings:
I. Geography and Petroleum
II. Boundaries and Boundary Disputes
III. Social Geography
About the Author. Alexander Melamid graduated from the London
School of Economics and completed his Ph.D. at the New School for
Social Research; he taught at the Sorbonne, at the New School, and finally at the Department of Economics, New York University.
About the Editor. C. Max Kortepeter received his Ph.D. in Middle
East History from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London. He has taught at Robert College (Istanbul), the University of Toronto, and at New York University.
“In each article, the various factors are expertly blended to give the type of
synthesis or integration that has long been a hallmark of geographical research and presentation at their best.”
—The Geographical Review
Published: 1991; Notes; Bibliography of Works by Alexander Melamid
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9cm); 320 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–075–8 $24.95
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OTTOMAN GREEKS IN THE AGE OF NATIONALISM
Edited by Dimitri Gondicas and Charles Issawi
This collection of essays derives from the 1989 Princeton Conference
on “The Social and Economic History of the Greeks in the Ottoman
Empire: The Greek Millet from the Tanzimat to the Young Turks.” Organized jointly by the Program in Hellenic Studies and the Department
of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, this gathering brought
together for the first time ever leading neohellenists and ottomanists, as
well as younger scholars of modern Greek history and Ottoman history,
from Greece, Turkey, the United States, and Western Europe.
The authors explore several themes: the multifaceted achievements
of Ottoman Greeks as they gained prominence in the political, economic, and social life of the Ottoman Empire during its last phase; the
tenuous relationship of Ottoman Greeks to the newly established kingdom of Greece; and the development of a Hellenic national identity in
the context of the national revolutions in the Balkans. Drawing parallels
with the comparative experiences of other ethnic groups in the empire,
such as the Jews and the Armenians, this volume contributes to our understanding of modern Greek and Ottoman history and will appeal to
scholars of eastern Mediterranean peoples and cultures in the nineteenth
century. Contributors include: Charles Issawi, Elena Frangakis-Syrett,
Alexis Alexandris, Resat Kasaba, Haris Exertzoglou, Richard Clogg,
John Koliopoulos, Ilber Ortayli, Paraskevas Konortas, Thanos Veremis,
and Catherine Boura.
About the Editors. Dimitri Gondicas is the Executive Director of the
Program in Hellenic Studies and Lecturer in Modern Greek at Princeton
University. The late Charles Issawi was Bayard E. Dodge Professor of
Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University.
Published: 1999; map; notes; Index
Size: 6 x 9 (15.2 x 22.9 cm); xv, 229 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–096–0 $34.95
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PERSEPOLIS
The Archaeology of Parsa, Seat of the Persian Kings
Donald N. Wilber
Parsa (to its Aryan builders) or Persepolis (to contemporary Greeks)
was the national and spiritual sanctuary of the Achaemenid empire that
stretched from Greece into India. Nine major structures were spread
over an extensive leveled stone platform. Work was undertaken by
Darius I about 515 B.C. and carried forward by his son Xerxes I.
Burned by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C., the masses of flaming debris melted the brick walls of the structures and, along with the windblown sand, actually preserved the stone columns, gates, and bas-reliefs
from desecration during the ensuing centuries.
Archaeological excavations have been carried on for many years and
have uncovered royal treasures and some 30,000 cuneiform tablets in
three ancient languages. The reliefs display 3,000 human figures, including the ruler as hero-king worshipped by his people and by delegates from the twenty-four lands of the empire bearing their distinctive
tributes. Parsa still remains one of the marvels of the ancient world.
Aside from the scarce and unwieldy reports of the excavations, this
lavishly illustrated volume is the only comprehensive account of the
site and its history. And Dr. Wilber solves the great mystery of the site:
Standing in majesty for many centuries, why is there no evidence of
human occupation?
About the Author. Donald N. Wilber received his Ph.D. in architectural history from Princeton University. The author of a number of
books on the Middle East, including architectural studies of the Il Khanid and Timurid historic periods of Iran, as well as Adventures in the
Middle East (Darwin 1986), he passed away early in 1997.
“A lavishly illustrated, detailed study of Parsa, the seat of the ancient Achaemenid empire, based on archaeological excavations.” —Middle East Journal
Published: 1989; Illustrations and 36 color plates; Bibliography; Index
Size: 7 x 10 (17.8 x 25.4 cm); xiv, 129 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–062–6 $24.95
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
L. Carl Brown and Norman Itzkowitz, Editors
In this book, two broad fields, Psychology and Near Eastern Studies,
are brought together in a pioneering effort to find our whether the various psychological theories and methodologies developed in the West
are applicable to an understanding of the Near East.
The essays in Part One deal with psychobiography, psychoculture,
childhood, and society. Part Two deals with national character studies.
In Part Three, practicing psychiatrists present a tout d’horizon of a vast
area of psychiatry. A bibliographical essay provides a selective guide to
the various psychological theories and methods that have been or can be
usefully applied to Near Eastern Studies.
Contributions include original articles by: Mukhtar Ani, Ali Banuazizi, M. C. Bateson, L. Carl Brown, J. W.Clinton, Manfred Halpern,
Norman Itzkowitz, J. B. M. Kassarjian, Herant Katchadourian, John
Mack, Levon Melikian, Gerald D. Miller, Orhan M. Ozturk, John Racy,
H. Safavi, Hisham Sharabi, M. Soraya, and Vamik Volkan.
About the Editors. L. Carl Brown is Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs, Emeritus, Princeton University. Norman Itzkowitz is Professor of
Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University.
Published: 1977; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Size: 6 1/2 x 9 ½ (16.5 x 24.1 cm); vii, 382 pages
CIP ISBN 0–87850–028–6 $9.95
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From: Land Use and Settlement Patterns (Jerusalem in the Mādabā map).
From: Land Use and Settlement Patterns (The Round City of Baghdād).
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