Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Arabic Studies
- Islamic Studies
Areas of Interest
- Warfare and military traditions in Medieval Islamic history
- Medieval Arabic chronicles, biographical dictionaries, and documents
- Slavery and military slavery
- Revolts, unrest, and violence in medieval Islamic societies
Biography
Dr. Adam Ali received his first M.A. from the University of Western Ontario in History. He received his Second M.A. and PhD from the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in Islamic history at the University of Toronto. His studies focus on military slavery, warfare, military traditions, and revolts in the pre-modern Muslim world. He has taught courses on the Arabic language at the beginner and intermediate levels at the St. George and Mississauga campus and has developed advanced reading Arabic courses at the Mississauga campus. He also teaches courses on various topics and themes in Islamic history including warfare, revolts, and slavery.
His research and work have been focused on warfare, military traditions, revolts, and violence in the pre-modern Muslim world. He currently teaches course on the Arabic language at the beginner and intermediate levels as well as courses on various themes and topics in Islamic history.
Education
Publications
- Slavery in Egypt under the Mamluks (Oxford University Press : 2023)
- Zanj Revolt in the Abbasid Caliphate (Oxford University Press, London, UK : 2022)
- Ottoman Balkan Conquests (Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; London, UK : 2012)
- Ottoman Institutions, Devshirme (Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; London, UK : 2012)
- Turkish Slaves and Power (Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; London, UK : 2012)
- Marj Dabiq, Battle of (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA : 2011)
- Qadisiyaah, Battle of (636) (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA : 2011)
- Al-Mutasim (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA : 2011)
- Iran, Islamic Conquest of (633-651) (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA : 2011)
- Mahmud of Ghaznah (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA : 2011)
- Slavery in Egypt under the Mamluks (Oxford University Press, London, UK)
- The Mamluks (London: Routledge, Forthcoming)