The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is the Muslim world's only intergovernmental body-the largest such system operating outside of the United Nations. This is the first history of the OIC
An analysis of the cultural role played by the printed word in Turkish-ruled Egypt.Though Egypt was ruled by Turkish-speakers through most of the period from the ninth century until 1952, the impact o
The 12 papers collected here, first published in journals or proceedings between 1987 and 2001, are devoted to both specific and broad topics of science and learning in the Ottoman Empire, and as such
From the overview: "...this two-volume set makes a radical departure from previous analyses that emphasized the application of formal models towards peacemaking." The emphasis here is on "systematic u
