Books by Stanley Lane-Poole

Published between 1894 and 1905, this six-volume set served as a key reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology. Volume 6 (1901), written by Stanley Lane-Poole (1854-1931), covers Arabic Egypt from 639 and the Saracen conquest, to 1517 and the Ottoman annexation.

Relates the History of Egypt in the Middle Ages, from its conquest by the Saracens in 640 to its annexation by the Ottoman Turks in 1517, in a continuous narrative. This book also discusses the general history of the Muslim caliphate.