Title: The Library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār : Book Culture in Late Ottoman Palestine
Series: Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 219
Volume Editors: Said Aljoumani, Guy Burak, and Konrad Hirschler
Published: Brill, 2025
ISBN: 9789004720527
"This study is the first to examine the history and composition of the library of Aḥmad Pasha al-Jazzār (d. 1804), the famous governor of northern Palestine in the late eighteenth century, on the basis of the inventory of the library’s holdings..."
Author: Lindstedt, Ilkka.
Title: Muḥammad and His Followers in Context : The Religious Map of Late Antique Arabia.
Series: Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 209
Published : Brill, 2024
"The book surveys and analyzes changes in religious groups and identities in late antique Arabia, ca. 300-700 CE. It engages with contemporary and material evidence: for example, inscriptions, archaeological remains, Arabic poetry, the Qurʾān, and the so-called Constitution of Medina. Also, it suggests ways to deal with the later Arabic historiographical and other literary texts. The issue of social identities and their processes are central to the study. For instance, how did Arabian ethnic and religious identities intersect on the eve of Islam? The book suggests that the changes in social groups were more piecemeal than previously thought."
