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So far, the topic of Moroccan-Ottoman relations from the 16th through the 18th centuries has received only superficial attention in both Moroccan and Ottoman historiographies. The general assumption was that since Morocco was not an Ottoman province, relations between Morocco an…

This dissertation investigates the development of legal institutions in the Far Maghrib during its unification with al-Andalus under the Almoravids (434-530/1042-1147). It posits that political unification occurred alongside urban transformation and argues that legal institution…

This study examines al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious and its reception in the first half of the 6th /12th century. It argues that al-Ghazali sought to "revive" Islamic religious sciences by subordinating the "worldly sciences" of jurisprudence and theology to the "otherworl…

Interactions in culture, science, and technology in early Islamic North Africa are studied through an examination of Maghribi metallurgy. My dissertation, based on the Social/Cultural Construction of Technology (SCOT) model (Bijker 1997), explores the impact of the Islamic relig…