Tariq Ali, Islam Quintet 4: A Sultan in Palermo

Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2005

Places

Pakistan (Country of Origin)
United Kingdom (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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A Sultan in Palermo

by Tariq Ali is the fourth historical novel in Ali’s “Islam Quintet” series, exploring the encounter between Islam and Christianity.

A Sultan in Palermo by Tariq Ali is the fourth historical novel in Ali’s “Islam Quintet” series, exploring the encounter between Islam and Christianity. Written between 2001 and 2004 and published in 2005, it combines a well paced story with little known historical facts; it also challenges the inaccurate political rhetoric of today, which aligns Christianity with a western thought and ethos, and posits Islam as the oriental, distinct, separate “other”. Instead, A Sultan in Palermo celebrates the dazzling synthesis of East and West which emerged during Muslim rule in the Euro-Arab cultures of Spain and Sicily and explores

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Citation: Shamsie, Muneeza. "Islam Quintet 4: A Sultan in Palermo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 March 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21366, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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