Write a critical review essay in which two readings on Islamic history are compared and analysed

Topic :Critical Review Islamic History

Assignment:

As a part of the assessment for this module you are required to write a critical review essay in which two readings on Islamic history are compared and analysed. Please select either set from the following texts:

EITHER:

• Makdisi, George (1970) Madrassa and University in the Middle Ages, Studia Islamica, 32, pp. 254-264.
• Ephrat, Dephna (2005) Madhhab and Madrassa in 11^thCentury Baghdad Modern Asian Studies in The Islamic School of Law, ed. Peri Bearman. Harvard: Harvard University Press, pp.77-93.

OR

• Holt, Peter (1983) Saladin and his Admirers,Bulletin of SOAS, 46, pp.235-239 .
• Lewis, Bernard (1953) Saladin and the Assassins,Bulletin of SOAS, 15, pp. 239-245.