Murder, Mayhem, Pillage, and Plunder
(July 1988)
The History of the Lebanon in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Mikhayil Mishaqa (1800-1873) Wheeler M. Thackston Jr. - Translator
"It makes it clear, like no secondary work can, that localism, kinship, and clan loyalties are the essential ingredients of social life in closely-knit, small-scaled societies. This is useful not only for Lebanon and the Middle East, but also for the many parts of the world where pluralism still dominates." -- Leila Fawaz, Tufts University
The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and n...(Read More)
NasKhosraw, well know for his philosophical works and ranked as one of the great poets of Persian, made a seven-year-long journey that began in his native Marv in the spring of 1046 and ended at Balkh in the fall of 1052. The impetus for leaving behind the life a revenue administrator and poet was a dream-vision that awakened him from a "forty-year sleep of heedlessness" and sent him on a "quest for truth." Nashad originally announced his intention ...(Read More)
