Francis Robinson

Francis Robinson looks for the distinctively tolerant and worldly features of Mughal rule in India and that of the related Islamic dynasties of Iran and Central Asia.

Francis Robinson considers what the Muslims wanted - and what they got - out of the decision to divide the subcontinent on religious lines.

'After the love of God, I am intoxicated with the love of Prophet Mohammad. If you call it infidelity, by God I am the greatest Infidel'. Francis Robinson looks at the nineteenth-century Punjabi whose proclamation of a role as 'promised Messiah' still brings hostility from orthodox Muslims to the movement he spawned.

by Patricia Crone

Francis Robinson explores new educational and cultural advances in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

Francis Robinson takes a look at how Muslims breached the culture gap with the western world.

Francis Robinson on the collections and ornate palaces of the Top Kapi Saray museum in Istanbul.

Francis Robinson explores words and language plundered from the sub-continent.

It is remarkable how quickly a region, whose peoples shared a long history and many aspects of culture, can be forgotten.

Francis Robinson explains how his perception of Islam is reflected in his book, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 (Phaidon, 1982).