A scholar proficient in Persian, Arabic, and Spanish, this author is particularly noted for their work in the historical geography of the pre-modern Middle East and Eastern Islamic lands. Their contributions extend to the meticulous editing of Persian geographical texts, offering readers deep insights into the region's past cartography and spatial understanding. This scholarly focus illuminates the intricate ways ancient civilizations perceived and documented their world.
This 2023 edition of The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur by G. Le Strange is a digitally scanned facsimile of the 1930 edition published by Cambridge University Press.