Ottoman Empire

Tamerlane

This article was published in Dawn, The Review, November 9-15, 2000. I stand corrected about my statement: ‘There is a less reliable tradition that in Damascus, Taimur held discourse with the famous historian and sociologist Ibn-i-Khaldun.’ In fact, it is the report of the meeting between Taimur and the poet Hafiz that has been questioned

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A Concise History of the Muslim World

Dawn Sunday Magazine, sometime in 1997 Author: Muhammad Salahuddin Publishers: International Islamic Publishers (Nov 1996) Price: Rs. 110 Not entirely free of some common flaws that are trademark of college books in our society, this one is still a better choice due to its reader-friendly layout and refreshingly improved presentation. The present volume covers the

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