Reuven Amitai-Prei

Biographic Data

ID700668
NAMEReuven Amitai-Prei
GIVEN NAMESReuven
FAMILY NAMEAmitai-Prei
SIGNATUREAMITAI-PREI R
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS21
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
H-INDEX1

  • Nomads on Ponies vs. Slaves on Horses

    John Masson Smith, Reuven Amitai et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1998

  • The Fall and Rise of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate

    Reuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1996

    In A.D. 1258 the Mongols conquered Baghdad and brought the Abbasid caliphate to an end. Three years later, however, under the aegis of the Mamluk sultan Baybars, the caliphate was resurrected, providing legitimacy to the sultan and the Mamluk state in general, both internally and in its foreign relations. The book under review here follows and analyzes in detail the whole process of the reestablishment of the caliphate, with particular emphasis o…

  • Ghazan, Islam and Mongol tradition: A view from the Mamlūk sultanate

    Open AccessReuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the School of…1996Cited by: 21References: 13

    The conversion of Ghazan Khan to Islam in A.H. 694/A.D. 1295 was an event of great importance for both the Mongol ruling class and the Muslim subjects of his kingdom. The story of this conversion, based primarily on semi-official Persian works emanating from the Īlkhānid state itself, has been retold and analysed in varying detail by several modern scholars. Recently, Dr. Charles Melville, using contemporary Arabic sources from the Mamluk Sultana…

  • Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth-Century Syria

    Reuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1995

    This volume brings together papers by Crusades' experts from England, France, Canada and the United States discussing the confrontation between the Franks and Muslims in 12th-century Syria, balancing the traditional European view with an Islamic perspective. Each author's individual contribution lies in the new ideas and insights to a particular topic such as new interpretations in Crusades studies, Latin jurists in the Levant, the Italian coloni…

  • Saladin and the Crusaders: Selected Annals from Masālik al-abṣār fi mamālik al-amṣār by al-ʿUmarī

    Reuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1994

  • The Jihād and Its Times: Dedicated to Andrew Stefan Ehrenkreutz

    Reuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1994

  • The Lion of Egypt: Sultan Baybars I and the Near East in the Thirteenth Century

    Reuven Amitai, Reuven Amitai-Prei et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1993