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In Defence of British India
First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
2000 Lectures and Memoirs
Volume 111 of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains 12 British Academy lectures and 17 obituaries of Fellows of the British Academy.
Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859
In this pioneering study of the Twelver Shi'i branch of Islam, prevalent in Iraq and Iran, Juan R. I. Cole traces the influence of Shi`i rule on the development of religious communalism and conflict in the north Indian State of Awadh (Oudh), as well as the relationship of the Shi'i clergy to the state and the clerical reaction to British imperialism and capitalism. Based on research in rare manuscripts and in archives, the book reveals that the Shi`i clergy advocated policies that caused resentment among Sunnis and Hindus, thereby promoting religious communalism and setting the stage for modern communal conflict. The Shi`i learned men took government posts in support of Awadh's Shi`i nawabs ...
Understanding China and India
Key to developing national security strategy is figuring out what other countries want. What are their national interests? How do they perceive them? How do they project them onto the world stage? Understanding all of this helps us to predict their behavior. In developing a national security strategy for Asia, the United States must take into account the desires of two emerging giants of the 21st century: China and India. We would be mistaken, Lal argues, if we lumped China and India together in one Asian policy, because these two countries differ greatly from one another. Based on over 120 in-depth interviews with government officials and scholars in Beijing and New Delhi, the author's rese...
The School of Oriental and African Studies
A history of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London from its foundation in 1916.
ICIIS 2020
We are delighted to introduce the proceedings of the 3rd International Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies. It is annual event hosted and organised by the Graduate School of State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. It was fully 2 days event 20-21 October 2020 by Virtual (online) mode with 3 keynotes speakers: Prof. Abdel Aziz Moenadil from the University of Ibn Thufail, Maroko, Prof Wael Aly Sayyed from the University of Ain Syams, Cairo, Mesir, and Assoc. Prof. Aria Nakissa, Ph.D. from Harvard University. The proceeding consisted of 41 accepted papers from the total of 81 submission papers. The proceeding consisted of 6 main areas of Interdisciplinary Islamic Stu...
The Kurds
A landmark study of ethnicity and self-determination in the case of the Kurds.
