SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies
The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL
The index to the 39-volume History of al-Tabari.
Set - History of al-Ṭabarī
Collecting all forty volumes of The History of al-Ṭabarī.
Islam at the Crossroads
Sheds light on one of the most important religious thinkers in the modern Muslim world.
The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies
Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in “traditional” Muslim society.
Constructing Ottoman Beneficence
Presents the political, social, and cultural context behind Ottoman charity.
On the Edge of Empire
Explores the social and political history of the Qu`ayti and Kathiri sultanates of Hadhramawt during their gradual incorporation into the British Empire.
Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World
Uses the Arab experience to explain the appeal of constitutional documents to authoritarian political regimes.
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 5
This volume of al-Tabari’s History provides the most complete and detailed historical source for the Persian empire of the Sasanids, whose four centuries of rule were one of the most glorious periods in Persia’s long history.
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 39
This is biographical material that al-T'abari appended to his History, bringing together biographies of Companions and successors of the Prophet. Many chapters are devoted to women who played a role in the transmission of knowledge.
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 8
Volume VIII of al-Tabari's great 40-volume history of the Arabs covers the history of the Muslim community and the biography of Muh'ammad in the middle Medinan years. During this period, Meccan resistance to Islam collapsed, Muh'ammad returned triumphantly to his native city, and the Muslim community weathered controversy in Muhammad's private life.
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 16
This volume 16 of Tabari's great 40-volume history of the Arabs treats the Caliphate of 'Ali I, 656-651
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 17
This volume 17 of al-Tabari's great 40-volume history of the Arabs treats the first Civil War, 656-661.
Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World
A systematic treatment of the religious, intellectual, cultural, and social foundations of the Islamic resurgence in the modern Arab world that is grounded in the larger context of Arab and Islamic intellectual history.
The Bedouins and the Desert
An extensively illustrated account of traditional bedouin life in the Arab east that extends from desert wildlife and lore on the camel to marriage customs and the history of the enigmatic tribe of Slayb. ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 28
The initial years (126-145) of al-Manṣūr's reign presented several significant challenges to nascent ʿAbbāsid hegemony, and the resulting confrontations constitute the central focus of this section ...
Muhammad and the Origins of Islam
An inquiry into the religious environment of the person Muslims hail as the “Envoy of God” and an attempt to trace his progress along the path from paganism to that distinctive form of monotheism ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 14
This volume covers the years 21-23/641-43 of the caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb. It can be divided into two distinct and almost equal parts: the first concerning the Muslim conquests in Iran ...
The Political Dimensions of Religion
This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics. It brings a varied sample of richly detailed comparative and case studies together with a set of analytical paradigms in an integrated ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 10
Volume X of al-Ṭabarī's massive chronicle is devoted to two main subjects. The first is the selection of Abū Bakr as the first caliph or successor to the Prophet Muh'ammad following the Prophet's ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 11
Although this volume deals with the part of al-Ṭabarī's History covering the years 12 and 13 (633-35), in the caliphates of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the narratives contained ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 31
This section of the History of al-Ṭabarī covers the caliphate of Muḥammad al-Amīn, who succeeded his father, Hārūn al-Rashīd on March 24, 809, and was killed on September 25, 813.
The focus of ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 12
The present volume of the History of al-Ṭabarī deals with the years 14 and 15 of the Islamic era, which correspond to A.D. 635-637. The nascent Islamic state had just emerged victorious from the crisis ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 36
The present volume of al-Ṭabarī's monumental history covers the years 255-265/869-878, the first half of the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Muʿtamid in Sāmarrā. Although the decade was one of relative ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 33
This section of al-Ṭabarī's History covers the eight-year reign of al-Muʿtaṣim (833-42), immediately following the reign of his elder brother al-Ma'mun, when the Islamic caliphate was once more united ...
The History of al-Ṭabarī Vol. 3
This volume continues the stories of the Israelite patriarchs and prophets who figured in Volume II, as well as of the semi-mythical rulers of ancient Iran. In addition to biblical, Qur'anic, and legendary ...