Yaacov Lev
Yaacov Lev (Hebrew: יעקב לב) is an Israeli historian of the medieval Middle East, with focus on the Islamic states of the region, particularly Egypt.
Born in 1948, he studied at the University of Manchester, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1978. He then worked as professor of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University.{{cite book|title=Egypt and Syria under Mamluk Rule: Political, Social and Cultural Aspects |editor-last=Levanoni |editor-first=Amalia |year=2022 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden|page=xiii |isbn=978-90-04-45951-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HP1TEAAAQBAJ}}
Major works
- {{cite journal | title = Persecutions and Conversions to Islam in Eleventh-Century Egypt | journal = Asian and African Studies | volume = 22 | year = 1988 | pages = 73–91 | publisher = Israel Oriental Society}}
- {{cite journal | title = The Suppression of Crime, the Supervision of Markets, and Urban Society in the Egyptian Capital during the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries | journal = Mediterranean Historical Review | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 71–95 | doi = 10.1080/09518968808569551}}
- {{cite book | title = State and Society in Fatimid Egypt | year = 1991 | location = Leiden | publisher = Brill | isbn = 90-04-09344-3 | url = {{Google Books|I2LwgIL_bpEC|plainurl=y}} }}
- {{cite book | title = War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean: 7th–15th Centuries | year = 1997 | location = Leiden | publisher = Brill | isbn = 90-04-10032-6 | url = {{Google Books|6boJulGkWBgC|plainurl=y}} }}
- {{cite book | title = Saladin in Egypt | year = 1999 | location = Leiden, Boston, Köln | publisher = Brill | isbn = 90-04-11221-9 | url = {{Google Books|v22DckibeIUC|plainurl=y}} }}
- {{cite book | title = Charity, Endowments, and Charitable Institutions in Medieval Islam | year = 2006 | publisher = University Press of Florida | location = Gainesville | isbn = 0-81302869-8 | url = {{Google Books|_1d3QgAACAAJ|plainurl=y}} }}
- {{cite book | title = Towns and Material Culture in the Medieval Middle East | year = 2002 | location = Leiden, Boston, Cologne | publisher = Brill | isbn = 90-04-47615-6 | url = {{Google Books|_MtKEAAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} }}
- {{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 1: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries | title = The Fāṭimid caliphate (358–567/969–1171) and the Ayyūbids in Egypt (567–648/1171–1250) | location = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 978-0-521-83823-8}}
- {{cite book | title = The Administration of Justice in Medieval Egypt: From the 7th to the 12th Century | year = 2021 | publisher = Edinburgh University Press | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 1-47445924-2 | url = {{Google Books|VC5zzgEACAAJ|plainurl=y}} }}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester