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Peter Webb
SOAS, University of London
Occupation
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Contact
86 Nottingham Terrace
Regents Park
London NW14QE
United Kingdom
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
7th-13th Centuries
Arabic
Historiography
History Of Religion
Islamic Studies
Medieval
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Central Asia
Specialties
Al-Jahiliyya, Arabia, Arab Ethnogenesis
Pre-Islamic And Early Islamic-era Poetry
Abbasid History And Literary Culture
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2014 | Near and Middle East | London
MA | 2002 | Near and Middle East | London
BA | 2001 | Near and Middle East | London
Abstracts
The Battle of Dhū Qār: a shifting landmark in Muslim memories of pre-Islam Memories and Myth: the reconstructions of pre-Islamic Arabian battles in Arabic literature