This book reconstructs the role of midwives in medieval to early modern Islamic history.

Reveals a religiously diverse pre-industrial society in the Middle East, broadening studies of global Christianity and challenging Islamic history's exceptionalism.

A wide-ranging study of the critical roles that women played in the history of the Mongol conquests and empire.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

Combining manuscript analysis with digital tools to show how people and books worked together to build a religious tradition in North Africa.

Abu Ma'ali al-Juwayni (d. 478/1085) is a lauded figure in Islamic intellectual history but his thought remains underexplored. Living during a politically precarious period, he became preoccupied with questions of religious certainty and continuity. Siddiqui reveals the dynamism of his thinking on the relationship between theology, law and politics.