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do you have any recommendations for Islamic history books? and do you do any online halaqas discussing it? it all seems very interesting :)

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Salam, I've got plenty of recommendations--to start with, who's reading and what's the area of interest? (I read, review and assign books for the halaqas... and for the historical tours and trips I lead, which this fall include Spain and Uzbekistan, so I'm especially focused there.) However, let me know what you're looking for, and happy to send suggestions.

On the topic of virtual halaqas, I'm exploring setting up virtual classes come summertime.

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Wsalam, i love to read books on islamic history, like the Ottoman Empire, Islamic military history, Islamic Spain, really anything :) and the online class sounds quite cool

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If you're interested in the online class, let's follow up - I'd be happy to share more as the course comes together

On books, there's so many!

On Muslim Spain, God's Crucible by David Levering Lewis is excellent; I'd also recommend Professor Brian Carlos - you can dive into his books, but his recent Muslim Footprints podcast was also great and an easy introduction

https://footprints.podcast.ismaili/e/ep-8-muslim-spain-with-professor-brian-catlos/

On the Ottomans, Osman's Dream is a great book; I'm currently reading God's Shadow about Caliph Selim by Alan Mikhail and enjoying it immensely

I recently read a really good book about the Mongol invasions and the Muslim world, Mongol Storm, by Nicholas Morton

While Peter Frankopan's Silk Roads isn't strictly and exclusively about Islam in Central Asia, it's such a good overview of a vital part of the historic Muslim world

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Hi, i would follow up on the online class; it would be a brilliant idea! and thank you so much for the recommendations, will definitely be reading some of those in the next few months :)

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