{"product_id":"9781780764931","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Power and Knowledge in Medieval Islam : Shi'i and Sunni Encounters in Baghdad by Tariq Al-Jamil","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 22\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the period of Mongol occupation from 1258-1386, Baghdad was a site of intense intellectual debate and dialogue between Shi'i and Sunni communities. In this long-established centre of learning in the Islamic world, scholars such as Ibn Taymiyya and the influential Imami Shi'i scholar Allamah al-Hilli participated extensively in the transmission of knowledge across sectarian lines, as both students and teachers. Tarqi al-Jamil here contextualises the social and political climate of Iraq during this time, examining the dynamic and complex nature of Shi'i-Sunni relations and their competition for authority and legitimacy. This significant new history provides a challenge to contemporary discourses - both scholarly and in the popular media - that tend to falsely attribute the current political conflict in Iraq to pre-modern Shi'i-Sunni relations in the region. Instead, al-Jamil articulates a framework for understanding the negotiation of boundaries between Shi'i-Sunni religious communities, broadening the consensus of critical historical knowledge concerning what it meant to be Shi'i or Sunni. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369145676149,"sku":"9781780764931","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781780764931.jpg?v=1763552249","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781780764931","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}