MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
The Sultan's Fleet
Seafarers of the Ottoman Empire
Christine Isom-Verhaaren A history of the Ottoman Navy, from the 14th to the 18th century. Little is known about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet. This is a comprehensive account of the Ottoman Navy, the forgotten contingent in the empire's period of supremacy. Christine Isom-Verhaaren provides a history of the major events and engagements of the navy. She presents the Ottoman navy as an institution and reveals the personal stories of the North African corsairs and Greek sailors recruited as admirals. Christine Isom-Verhaaren is Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University, USA.
December 2021 • 288 pages 234 x 156mm • 9780755641758 I.B. Tauris
Peace Movements in Islam History, Religion and Politics
Edited by Juan Cole Explores peace movements in Islam from historical, theological, and political perspectives. This book explores peacebuilding in the Qur’an and Islamic scripture, the theological and juridical traditions, Muslim ethics and mysticism (Sufism), political thought, and fundamentalism. It tracks the global prevalence of peace movements in Islam by examining the West African Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba, founder of the Sufi order the Muridiyya. It also examines the surprising importance of peace in the thought of the Islamic fundamentalist Rashid Rida, as well as contemporary Islamist movements in Egypt. Juan Cole is a public intellectual, prominent blogger and essayist, and the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, USA.
December 2021 • 240 pages 234 x 156mm • 9780755643189 I.B. Tauris
The Clergy and the Modern Middle East Shi'i Political Activism in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon
Mohammad R. Kalantari Examines the political role of Shi'i clergy in the Middle East. This book is based on exclusive interviews with high-profile Shi'i clerics, their close associates and local policymakers in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. It shows how Shi’i clerics view the rise of Islamic extremism and the solutions to it, and examines how the community’s situation and specific religious beliefs affects their attitudes and impetus to counter violence. Mohammad R. Kalantari is Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies, Royal Holloway, U.K.
October 2021 • 272 pages 234 x 156mm • 9781838605568 I.B. Tauris
The Words of the Imams
Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq and the Development of Shi'i Hadith Literature
George Warner The first book dedicated to Ibn Babawayh, a key figure in the Shi'ite tradition and a major hadith scholar. Ibn Babawayh – also known by his honorific title of al-Shaykh al-Saduk – was an Imami Shi'i scholar of the early Babawayh period. Until now there has been no scholarly work dedicated to this scholarly figure and his historic importance. The Words of the Shi’i Imams addresses this gap, shedding light on the richness of later Abbasid religious and intellectual culture. George Warner is Research Associate in the study of West Asian Religions at the Centre for Religious Studies at RuhrUniversität Bochum, Germany.
December 2021 • 240 pages 234 x 156mm • 9781838605605 I.B. Tauris
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