From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond

Studies of the Later Islamic Middle Period in Honor of Linda Stevens Northrup

Mustafa Banister, Fadi Ragheb (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

2026
Brill (Verlag)
9789004742567 (ISBN)

Infos

From Cairo to Jerusalem and Beyond is a collection of essays dedicated to the esteemed Middle East historian Linda S. Northrup. It presents thirteen original contributions organized into four sections, authored by international scholars from diverse fields such as pre-modern history, architecture, and Middle Eastern studies. These contributions delve into areas of historical research that Linda Northrup has engaged with throughout her career. The first section examines Crusader-era historiography, the second focuses on the "Mamlūk" period, the third explores late medieval medical science, and the fourth investigates urban history and material culture. In essence, From Cairo to Jerusalem offers a significant scholarly contribution to the understanding of late medieval Islamic societies, spanning from the Crusades to the early sixteenth century.

Autor

Mustafa Banister, Ph.D. (2015), University of Toronto, is Assistant Professor of Middle East history at Utah State University. From 2018 to 2021, he was a postdoctoral researcher on the “The Mamlukisation of the Mamluk Sultanate II” project at Ghent University. He has published a monograph entitled The Abbasid Caliphate of Cairo, 1261-1517: Out of the Shadows (Edinburgh, 2021). His current research focuses on Muslim kingship in the historical writings of Ibn ʿArabshāh (d. 1450). Fadi Ragheb served as Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the University of Toronto, where he taught courses in Arabic and Islamic history. He has published studies on Islamic Jerusalem, Saladin, and the Crusades. His current research focuses on the Faḍāʾil al-Quds, Islamic pilgrimage to Mamlūk Jerusalem, and Muslim-Crusader relations. He completed a B.A. at McGill University, and completed his M.A. and Ph.D. at the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department, University of Toronto.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.5.2026
• Reihe/Serie: Islamic History and Civilization ; 228
• Verlagsort: Leiden
• Sprache: arabisch; englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• ISBN-13: 9789004742567 / 9789004742567
• Zustand: Neuware