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This book deals with the 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game played out on the territorial chessboard of eastern and north-eastern parts of the waning Persian empire. The Great Game itself has been written about extensively, but this text tackles the issue from a Persian angle and from the point of view of the local players in that game.

This book deals with the relationship between historical scholarship and politics in 20th century Egypt.

Muslims can no longer ignore the need for banking and insurance. This text demonstrates how initial clerical apprehensions were overcome to create pioneering Muslim-friendly banking systems, and applies the lessons learnt to a workable insurance framework by which Muslims can compete with non-Muslims in business and have cover in daily life.