Guy Le Strange

Guy Le Strange (1854-1933) was a leading English orientalist. Privately educated in England and France, he studied under Julius Mohl, Professor of Persian at the College de France, and established his reputation with his pioneering works on the historical geography of the Near East: 'Palestine under the Moslems'; 'Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate', and 'The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate'. Hugh Kennedy is Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. A leading international scholar...See more

Guy Le Strange (1854-1933) was a leading English orientalist. Privately educated in England and France, he studied under Julius Mohl, Professor of Persian at the College de France, and established his reputation with his pioneering works on the historical geography of the Near East: 'Palestine under the Moslems'; 'Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate', and 'The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate'. Hugh Kennedy is Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. A leading international scholar of medieval Arab history his books include 'The Great Arab Conquests'; 'The Court of the Caliphs'; and 'The Armies of the Caliphs'. See less