Collected Works Of Guy Le Strange: The Medieval Islamic World Hardcover

G. Le Strange

This exciting collection brings together the major writings of the important English orientalist, Guy Le Strange. The set includes his valuable yet lesser known work: his translation of 'Nuzhat al-Qulub' - the most accurate assessment of the state of Iran in the early post-Mongol period; his translation of Ibn Serapion - a pioneering work on the changing river systems and canals in the Islamic period, a factor that played a key role in the fate of this part of the medieval world; and finally his work on al-Balkhi's account of Fars, which includes a unique account of Kurdish tribes in this province of Iran. Introduced by leading international scholar, Hugh Kennedy, this unparalleled collection will be of immense value to contemporary scholars of the medieval Arab world.

1848856709

9781848856707

English

I.B.Tauris And Co. Ltd.

12/23/2013

1040

Guy Le Strange (1854-1933) was a leading English orientalist. Privately educated in England and France, he studied under Julius Mohl, Professor of Persian at the College de France, and established his reputation with his pioneering works on the historical geography of the Near East: 'Palestine under the Moslems'; 'Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate', and 'The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate'. Hugh Kennedy is Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. A leading international scholar of medieval Arab history his books include 'The Great Arab Conquests'; 'The Court of the Caliphs'; and 'The Armies of the Caliphs'