Vol. 24 (2021): Cromohs
Book Reviews

A Culture of Ambiguity: An Alternative History of Islam

Gottfried Hagen
University of Michigan
Cover image: Alcázar Palace, Seville: the Salón de Embajadores (Hall of the Ambassadors). Watercolour, attributed to E.S., ninetheenth century. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain

Published 2022-06-08

Keywords

  • Arabic,
  • Islam,
  • Mamluk literature,
  • Ottoman

Abstract

Review of

Thomas Bauer, A Culture of Ambituity: An Alternative History of Islam (New York: Columbia University Press, 2021)

reviewed by Gottfried Hagen