Research areas
CBE, FBA, FRSE, F.Hist.Soc,
Selected publications
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Marwanid inscriptions
Hillenbrand, C., 1 Jun 2023, Inscriptions of the medieval Islamic world. O'Kane, B., Peacock, A. C. S. & Muehlhaeusler, M. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 264-282 19 p. (Edinburgh studies in Islamic art).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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‘The view from above’: Muslim perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the period 1070-1176
Hillenbrand, C., 1 May 2021, The making of Islamic art: studies in honour of Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom. Hillenbrand, R. (ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 49-70 22 p. (Edinburgh studies in Islamic art).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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a cosmopolitan frontier state: relations among the Kurds, Arabs, Byzantines, Armenians, Persians and Turks under the Marwanids of Diyar Bakr, 990-1085
Hillenbrand, C., 2020, The Islamic-Byzantine Border: From the Rise of Islam to the Fall of Constantinople. Tor, D. (ed.). Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Saladin's 'Spin Doctors': Prothero Lecture
Hillenbrand, C., Dec 2019, In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 29, p. 65-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Ancient Iranian kings in the world history of Rashid Al-Din
Hillenbrand, C. & Hillenbrand, R., 2018, In: Iran: Journal of British Institute of Persian Studies. 56, 1, p. 34-46 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fremd wie Ausserirdische. Wie reagierten die Muslime auf die Invasion?
Hillenbrand, C., 25 Sept 2018, Der Spiegel Geschichte, 2018, 5, p. 30-35 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The Holy Land in the Crusader and Ayyubid periods, 1099 – 1250
Hillenbrand, C., 13 Sept 2018, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Holy Land. Hoyland, R. & Williamson, H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 198-229 32 p. (Oxford Illustrated History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A neglected source on the life of Ḥasan-i Sabbāḥ, the founder of the Nizārī “Assassin” sect
Hillenbrand, C., Jul 2017, In: Iran: Journal of British Institute of Persian Studies. 55, 1, p. 3-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Nizamiyya madrasas
Hillenbrand, C., 6 Apr 2017, Turks in the Indian Subcontinent, Central and West Asia: The Turkish Presence in the Islamic World. Poonawala, I. K. (ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Press, p. 144-157 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The life and times of the Artuqid ruler Najm al-Dīn Alpı (ruled 548/1154 –572/1176)
Hillenbrand, C., 2017, (Accepted/In press) A Landscape of Its Own, or a Cultural Interspace? Art, Economies and Politics in the Medieval Jazira (Northern Mesopotamia). Korn, L. & Muller-Wiener, M. (eds.). Bamberg: University of Bamberg PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter