Medieval Islam Sources
I recently wrote two middle-grade historical fantasy books that take place in medieval Baghdad during the Abbasid rule. Here are some resources I used.
Books
- The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights by Yasmine Seale
- Social Life Under the Abbasids by Muhammad Manazir Ahsan
- Harun al-Rashid & The World of 1001 Nights by Andre Clot
- Two Queens of Baghdad by Nabia Abbott
- Consorts of the Caliphs by Ibn al-Sai
- Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257 by Taef El-Azhari
- Night & Horses & the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature
- When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty by Hugh Kennedy
- The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the Abbasid Empire by Amira K. Bennison
- Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World by James E. Lindsay