Robert Irwin
Former Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at SOAS, University of London
2 episodes
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The Mamluks
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria from 1250 to 1517.
26 September 2013
Also featuring: Amira Bennison, Doris Behrens-Abouseif
The Abbasid Caliphs
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Abbasid Caliphs, dynastic rulers of the Islamic world between the middle of the eighth and the tenth centuries, who headed a multi-cultural Muslim empire.
2 February 2006
Also featuring: Hugh Kennedy, Amira Bennison