The story is set in the 21st century in an alternative Ottoman Empire. The Germans won WW I and hence there was never a need to dismantle the Ottoman Empire, which has survived for more than a century. The story is set in the city of El-Iskandria (Alexandria) in an autonomous Egypt within the Ottoman [...]
Effendi: The Second Arabesk is the sequel to Pasahazade. Ashraf Bey is still wanted by the American government, he may possibly be the son of the Emir of Tunis. Alexandrai begins to fall apart and his ex-finance’s father is accused of mass-murder. The United States, France and Germany still try to dominate the Middle East.
Judeo-Islamic Messianic Alternative History: In Lisa’s Goldstein’s Split Light published in Travelers of Magic, the famous Jewish messianic Shabbetai Zevi does not convert to Islam and is imprisoned in Constantinople. Afterwards he sees visions of how the world might be impacted in the future due to his decision.
Edward Gibbon, the author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire wrote a famous passage on the Battle of Tours (732), what if the Muslims had won in that battle, which is sort of an alternative history.
A victorious line of march had been prolonged above a thousand miles from the rock of Gibraltar [...]
Orson Scott Card’s Pastwatch: The Redepmtion of Christopher Columbus: This is a story about alternative history/ time travel which has a few Muslim characters. Here is a review from Publishers Weekly.
Playing with the time stream isn’t new to science fiction, but Card (Ender’s Game), who’s won both a Hugo and a Nebula, gives the concept [...]
What Might Have Been? has a story Roncesvalles by Judith Tarr where upon hearing of Roland’s death and Ganelon’s treachery, Charlemagne converts to Islam. The author does not follow up on what might have happened thereafter. This leaves something to be desired.
A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America
[From the Publisher] “The year is 1294 - to Christians, 1877. Egypt’s Pharaoh threatens war against Ethiopia’s Empress and plans to embroil the New World in his cause. While the Northern colonists are subjects of the Pharaoh, Southern revolutionaries are loyal to the Empress.” “Caught in [...]
Lion’s Blood: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America
The story is set in an alternative North America which was colonized by Vikings in the North and Africans of Muslim extraction in the south. The Vikings supply white slaves to the Muslim south, or Bilalistan. The story is set in 1860s. The point [...]
Alternate History is NOT one of those genres where alternate theories about history are entertained or discussed. It might be better to describe it as speculative history or rather an intellectual exercise in the ‘what ifs’ of history. This section contains alternative history stories and novels where the setting is Islamic, Muslims are main or [...]
