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A Sultan in Palermo (Islam Quintet 4)

by Tariq Ali Book 4 in the The Islam Quintet series.

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Set in twelfth-century Sicily, the novel follows the geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi at the court of Roger II. Idrisi works on the great geographical survey later known as the Tabula Rogeriana while navigating a kingdom in which Arabic, Greek, Latin, Jewish and Norman traditions meet under increasingly unequal political conditions. Torn between loyalty to the king and sympathy for Muslims resisting Norman rule, he is drawn into court intrigue, intellectual ambition and the struggle over Sicily’s future.

Historical Periods

Islamic Golden Agec. 750–1258 CE Norman Kingdom of Sicily1130–1194 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Muhammad al-Idrisic. 1100–c. 1165/66 Roger II of Sicily1095–1154

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