Francis Robinson
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Francis Robinson looks for the distinctively tolerant and worldly features of Mughal rule in India and that of the related Islamic dynasties of Iran and Central Asia. Published May 22 2007
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Francis Robinson considers what the Muslims wanted - and what they got - out of the decision to divide the subcontinent on religious lines.
Published August 31 1997
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Francis Robinson reviews
Published June 30 1996
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Francis Robinson reviews two new books on imperialism and the Middle East
Published January 1 1994
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'After the love of God, I am intoxicated with the love of Prophet Mohammad. If you call it infidelity, by God I am the greatest Infidel'. Francis Robinson looks at the nineteenth-century Punjabi whose proclamation of a role as 'promised Messiah' still brings hostility from orthodox Muslims to the movement he spawned. Published May 31 1990
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Francis Robinson reviews two new books on Islam
Published January 1 1990
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by Ira M. Lapidus
Published July 31 1989
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The Portuguese in India
Published December 1 1988
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by Patricia Crone
Published July 31 1988
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Francis Robinson on an illustrated history of science and invention from the Muslim world.
Published October 1 1987
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Published June 30 1987
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Francis Robinson explores new educational and cultural advances in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
Published December 1 1986
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Francis Robinson examines two publications on the medieval Near East.
Published June 30 1986
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Francis Robinson takes a look at how Muslims breached the culture gap with the western world. Published April 30 1986
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by Tom Hartman and John Mitchell.
Published November 1 1985
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