Adnan Husain
Professor of medieval Mediterranean and Islamicate world history and host of the Adnan Hussein Show and Guerrilla History podcast, specializing in Islamic, Persian, and Ottoman history and contemporary analysis of West Asian geopolitics.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 2h 56min
From Persia to Iran: Islam, Empire, and the Politics of West Asia
Adnan Hussain, a medieval Islamicate historian and podcaster, blends deep knowledge of Persian, Islamic, and Ottoman history. He traces ancient Persian empires into the Islamic era. He explores how Shiʿism took root in Iran, the Ottoman-Safavid rivalry, colonial border-making, and shifting Turkey-Iran-Israel alignments. He also critiques Western Orientalism and modern geopolitical interventions.
