About the Author

Andrew J Newman is Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Persian in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews

JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES'...a remarkable reinterpretation of history. Moreover, it has opened new vistas on the chequered history of an enduring process which lasted some two centuries...Newman has succeeded in drawing the attention of the reading community to an outstanding epoch in the history of a land which has recently acquired and provoked a remarkable attention...For the insight and elaborate dissection of historical events, we shall be eternally indebted to this contribution.'- Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Lagos State University