Assignment : 

As a part of the assessment for this module you are required to write a critical review essay in which two readings on Islamic history are compared and analysed. Please select either set from the following texts:

EITHER:

1. Makdisi, George (1970) ‘Madrassa and University in the Middle Ages’, Studia Islamica, 32, pp. 254-264.
2. Ephrat, Dephna (2005) ‘Madhhab and Madrassa in 11^th Century Baghdad’ Modern Asian Studies’ in The Islamic School of Law, ed. Peri Bearman. Harvard: Harvard University Press, pp.77-93.

OR

1. Holt, Peter (1983) ‘Saladin and his Admirers’, Bulletin of SOAS, 46, pp.235-239 .

2. Lewis, Bernard (1953) ‘Saladin and the Assassins’ , Bulletin of SOAS, 15, pp. 239-245.