Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern schol
Part of a series on civilization and cultural transmission in the Middle East, this monograph on the historiography of western Muslim writers on the subject of the eighth century conquest of the Iberi
Music pervades everyday life - in homes, on trains and planes, in cars and shops, at births and deaths, at weddings and war, in concert halls, clubs, stadiums, and fields. In so many ways, music marks
