Earnest Pleas in Early Muslim Poetry

June 14, 2022

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Saving or Sacrificing the Substitute King

March 8, 2022

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David Alroy, the Wizard-Messiah

June 16, 2020

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The Wonders of Sir John Mandeville (Asia)

February 18, 2020

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