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Caesar E. Farah

Caesar E. Farah was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.

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Caesar E. Farah
Born(1929-03-13)March 13, 1929
DiedNovember 26, 2009(2009-11-26) (aged 80)
Education
EducationStanford University (BA)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Philosophical work
EraModern era
RegionIslamic studies

Caesar E. Farah (March 13, 1929 – November 26, 2009) was a professor of history at the University of Minnesota.12

Farah was born in Portland, Oregon, and received a B.A. (1952) from Stanford University, before then studying at Princeton University, where he received an M.A. (1955) and Ph.D. (1957).3 After serving as a cultural affairs officer in New Delhi and Karachi, he began his teaching career at Portland State College from 1959 to 1963, teaching history and Near Eastern languages. From 1963 to 1964, Farah taught at Los Angeles State College, and then became Associate Professor of Near Eastern Language and Literature at Indiana University in Bloomington, 1964–1969. He joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota as Professor of Middle Eastern Studies in 1969, and remained there until his retirement in 2008.4

Works

  • The Eternal Message of Muhammad Dec 28, 19935
  • An Arab's Journey to Colonial Spanish America: The Travels of Elias Al-Musili in the Seventeenth Century Nov 20035
  • The Sultan's Yemen: 19th-Century Challenges to Ottoman Rule Jun 29, 20025
  • Islam: Beliefs and Observances5
  • Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabian and Islamism in the Ottoman Empire 1908-1918 Jun 22, 19985
  • Modernization in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire and Its Afro-Asian Successors5
  • Islam Jan 20005
  • A guide to current research on Yemen 19875
  • The dhayl in medieval Arabic historiography 19675
References

References

  1. hist.umn.edu
  2. Search Results: University of Minnesota
  3. Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 187.
  4. Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 187; "Dr. Caesar Farah." StarTribune, December 1, 2009, accessed July 9, 2021.
  5. Amazon.com: Subjects: Books: Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Professional & Technical, Science & More