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The "Verse of the Sword" in Classical Islamic Scholarship: A Study in Nuance

Fredegar’s Chronicle: The Frankish Whisper of the Saracens

The Arabs in the ‘Comprehensive Chronicle’: Du You’s Tong dian (801 CE) and the First Chinese Portrait of Islam

The Betrayal at Merv: Who Killed Yazdgird III? (651 CE)

Six Kings under One Caliph: The Global Iconography of Umayyad Power

The Samaritans’ Accord: Between Survival and Myth in the Muslim Conquest of Palestine

Between Cross & Crescent: Did the Jews of Syria and Palestine Aid Islam’s Rise?

Ērān vs. Hrōm: The Final Cosmic War of Xusrō II & It's Reasons

The Sword and the Scripture: Reassessing the Myth of the Religion of Islam’s Violent Spread

The Patriarch and the Pen: Athanasius of Balad and the Church in Sufyanid Syria

The Canons of Coexistence: How George I Rewrote Christian Law for Islam’s New World

The Patriarch and the Caliph: How Išōʿyahb III Rewrote Christian Power in the Age of Islam