Historical Overviews of the Relations between Certain Mediterranean Countries and the Black Sea in the Islamic Era
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The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies has released the first book in a series of publications featuring historical and Islamic civilization research. The book is entitled Historical Overviews of the Relations between Certain Mediterranean Countries and the Black Sea in the Islamic Era (Examples: Egypt – Russian Land - Crimea), and is written by Dr. Sahar Salem, Professor of Islamic History and Civilization at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University.
This study examines historical examples of the relationship between the two seas in various Islamic countries and across different historical periods. It is divided into two sections: the first tackles Egypt's relations with Russian countries from the Fatimid period to the end of the Mamluk period, while the second explores Egypt's relations with the Crimean Peninsula in the eighth and ninth centuries AH/14th and 15th centuries AD.