Paul M. Cobb

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul M. Cobb
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Aug 31, 1967(1967-08-31)
Age	57
Birthplace	Amherst
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Capricorn

Paul M. Cobb Biography

Paul M. Cobb is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on August 31, 1967 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Paul M. Cobb (born 1967) is a historian of the medieval Islamic world. He is currently Professor of Islamic History at the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of interest include Islamic relations with the West, historiography, and the history of travel and exploration. He is, in particular, a recognized authority on the history of the Crusades in their Islamic context.

Paul M. Cobb Net Worth

Paul M. Cobb is one of the richest Historian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul M. Cobb 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cobb was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he attended public schools. In 1989, he graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a BA (cum laude) in Anthropology. In 1991, he received his MA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago and then studied at CASA, the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, in Cairo, Egypt. He returned to Chicago and in 1997 he received his PhD in Islamic history from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He has taught at Smith College (1996–97), Wake Forest University (1997-99), the University of Notre Dame (1999-2008), and the University of Pennsylvania (2008–present). He currently splits his time between Philadelphia and Amherst.

His first book, White Banners: Contention in ‘Abbasid Syria, 750-880 (2001), was one of the first attempts at providing a provincial history of early Islam, and to mine the vast amount of information on early Islam to be found in medieval local histories such as Ibn ‘Asakir’s Ta’rikh Madinat Dimashq. His interest in the history of Syria led him to the life and times of the adventurer and poet Usama ibn Munqidh (d. 1188). Cobb’s biography of him, Usama ibn Munqidh: Warrior-Poet of the Age of Crusades (2006) is intended as a short and accessible sketch, based upon all of Usama’s surviving works, some of which have been only recently discovered. This was followed (in 2008) with a translation of Usama’s famous “memoirs” or Kitab al-I’tibar and other autobiographical writings as The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades. Cobb’s exploration of Usama’s world has in turn led him to pursue other problems in the history of the Crusades, most prominently in his The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades (2014), which is intended as an accessible narrative history of “the Frankish problem” on all shores of the Mediterranean, from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, based almost exclusively upon Islamic historical sources and rooted in the context of Islamic history.

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Lucas Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul M. Cobb celebrates birthday on August 31 of every year.

Top Facts about Paul M. Cobb

1. Paul M. Cobb is an American historian and academic.
2. He specializes in the history of the medieval Middle East.
3. Cobb has written several books on Islamic history and culture.
4. He is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
5. Cobb received his PhD from Princeton University in 1994.
6. His book “The Race for Paradise” won multiple awards in 2015.
7. Cobb’s research focuses on interfaith relations and cultural exchange.
8. He has been a visiting scholar at numerous universities around the world.
9. Cobb has published articles in prestigious academic journals such as The Journal of Interdisciplinary History and The International Journal of Middle East Studies.
10. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the Middle East Studies Association and the American Historical Association.