Author: 
Muhammad Qasim Zaman
Reviewer: 
Justin Jones

Jones on Zaman, 'Islam in Pakistan: A History'

Muhammad Qasim Zaman. Islam in Pakistan: A History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 432 pp. $39.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-14922-6.

Reviewed by Justin Jones (University of Oxford) Published on H-Asia (September, 2019) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=53232

Author: 
Sebastian R. Prange
Reviewer: 
Samira Sheikh

Sheikh on Prange, 'Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast'

Sebastian R. Prange. Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 358 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-42438-7.

Reviewed by Samira Sheikh (Vanderbilt University) Published on H-Asia (June, 2020) Commissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin)

Printable Version: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=53037

Author: 
Anand Vivek Taneja
Reviewer: 
Gijs Kruijtzer

Kruijtzer on Taneja, 'Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi'

Anand Vivek Taneja. Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi. South Asia in Motion Series. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2017. 336 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-0393-6; $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0179-6. 

Author: 
Manan Ahmed Asif
Reviewer: 
Andre Wink

Wink on Asif, 'A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia'

Manan Ahmed Asif. A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2016. 272 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-66011-3.

Reviewed by Andre Wink (University of Wisconsin) Published on H-Asia (May, 2017) Commissioned by Sumit Guha

Author: 
Ellen J. Amster
Reviewer: 
Leland Barrows

Barrows on Amster, 'Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956'

Ellen J. Amster. Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2013. xiv + 334 pp. $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-292-76211-4.

Reviewed by Leland Barrows (Voorhees College) Published on H-French-Colonial (October, 2016) Commissioned by Jyoti Mohan

Saints versus Doctors in Protectorate Morocco: The Colonial Balance Sheet Once Again

Author: 
Paul M. Cobb
Reviewer: 
Matthew King

King on Cobb, 'The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades'

Paul M. Cobb. The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 360 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-935811-3.

Reviewed by Matthew King (University of Minnesota) Published on H-War (January, 2016) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

Author: 
Boaz Ganor
Reviewer: 
Randolph Lake

Lake on Ganor, 'Global Alert: The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World'

Boaz Ganor. Global Alert: The Rationality of Modern Islamist Terrorism and the Challenge to the Liberal Democratic World. Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. Illustrations. xiii + 218 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-17212-7; $34.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-231-53891-6.

Reviewed by Randolph Lake (Air War College) Published on H-War (November, 2015) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

Author: 
Paul M. Cobb
Reviewer: 
Ann Zimo

Zimo on Cobb, 'The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades'

Paul M. Cobb. The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 360 pp. $31.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-935811-3.

Reviewed by Ann Zimo (Albright Institute) Published on H-Mideast-Medieval (March, 2016) Commissioned by Christine D. Baker

New Insight on Muslim Views of the Crusades: Review of Cobb's "Race for Paradise"

Author: 
Sam Zeno Conedera
Reviewer: 
James Bowden

Bowden on Conedera, 'Ecclesiastical Knights: The Military Orders in Castile, 1150-1330'

Sam Zeno Conedera. Ecclesiastical Knights: The Military Orders in Castile, 1150-1330. New York: Fordham University Press, 2015. xi + 258 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-6595-4.

Reviewed by James Bowden (Independent Scholar) Published on H-War (January, 2016) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey

Author: 
Marwa Elshakry
Reviewer: 
Maurice Jr. M. Labelle

Labelle on Elshakry, 'Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950'

Marwa Elshakry. Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. 448 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-00130-2.

Reviewed by Maurice Jr. M. Labelle (University of Saskatchewan) Published on H-Decol (May, 2015) Commissioned by Christopher R. Dietrich

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