Stephen M Dale

Achieving Independence: A Guide to Creating an Estate Plan Which Ensures Quality of Life for You and Your Loved One with a Disability

The primary purpose of this guide is to assist families in the planning process of creating a special needs trust for a loved one with a disability. Stephen shares with the reader his experience as an attorney that has focused primarily on estate planning for persons with disabilities and their fami...

The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man

In his masterwork Muqaddimah, the Arab Muslim Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), a Tunisian descendant of Andalusian scholars and officials in Seville, developed a method of evaluating historical evidence that allowed him to identify the underlying causes of events. His methodology was derived from Aristoteli...

The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals (New Approaches to Asian History)

Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. By the early seventeenth century their descendants controlled territories that encompassed much of the Muslim world, stretching from the Balkans ...

Lost in the Suburbs : A Political Travelogue

Islamic Society on the South Asian Frontier: The Mappilas of Malabar, 1498-1922

Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750

Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750

Safavid Iran and Her Neighbors

The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530)