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Abbas Hamdani, Emeritus Professor

Office: Holton Hall Room 383
Phone: (414) 229-4315
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Degree:
Ph.D. University of London, 1950

Current Research Interests:
Professor Hamdani's research interests are in Islamic civilization, the Fatimid Movement/Caliphate, Medieval Yemen, history of religion, and the geo-politics of the voyages of discovery. He teaches Middle-Eastern history, both medieval and modern.

Recent Publications:
"Surt" article in the Encyclopaedia of Islam (new)

"Examples of Fátimid Realpolitik" in The Digest of Middle Eastern Studies Fall 1998, pp 1-16.

"Brethren of Purity, a secret society for the Establishment of the Fátimid Caliphate: New Evidence for the Early Dating of their Encyclopaedia, " in L'Egypte Fátimide: son art et son historie. ed. Marianne Burrucand, Paris, Presse de l'Universite de Paris-Sorbonne, 1999, pp. 73-82.

"The Name Ikhwán al-safá" in The Digest of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 8. No. 2 (Winter, 1999) pp. 1-11.

"Did the Turkicization of Asia Minor lead to the Arabization of North Africa?" in The Maghreb Review, London, vol. 26 (nos !&2), 1999, pp. 36-41.

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