History—Middle Eastern

Find early works from important Arab writers in a variety of disciplines, from feminism and social theory, to the classics of literature, history, and the sciences. Includes works by the Four Imams of the Sunni Sect, the Al Azhar Modern Sheikhs, various authors of the Modern Arab Enlightenment, and rare works by the former Egyptian royal family.
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Full page and article images with searchable full text, covering 1932-1988.

Find primary source materials (including letters, minutes, reports and maps) from the British National Archives, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through 1970.

This collection consists of the main British Government files on South Asia for the period between 1972 and 1980. The documents, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, include diplomatic despatches, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, economic and military reports, statistical analyses, maps, photographs, minutes of meetings, and leaflets and other ephemera.

Find texts by women activists, 1840-present.