Ezad Azraai Jamsari (Jamsari, E.A.) is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Research Centre for Arabic Language and Islamic Civilization (ArabIC), Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). His specialization and research interests are in: Islamic Military History; Islamic Political History in al-Andalus (The Nasrids) and The Maghreb (The Marinids); Medieval Islamic History and Civilization (al-Andalus & The Ottomans); Islamic and Arabic Educational History; and Islamic Civilization.