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| Parent company | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) |
| Founder | Iradj Bagherzade |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Distribution | Macmillan Publishers Services (UK)[1] Baker & Taylor (US)[2][3] |
| Nonfiction topics | Art,Biography,Environmental studies,Geography,History,International relations,Middle East,Philosophy,Politics,Religious studies,Travel,Visual culture |
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| Official website | ibtauris |
I.B. Tauris is an educationalpublishing house and imprint ofBloomsbury Publishing.[4] It was an independent publishing house with offices inLondon andNew York City until its purchase in May 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
It specialises in non-fiction books onAsian studies, thehistory of art, history of theMiddle Ages and themodern period, politics andinternational relations, theMiddle East andIslamic world generally,religious studies,geography andenvironment, andvisual culture (includingfilm,photography, andcontemporary art). Its books are aimed primarily at the specialist market, includingacademics and students ofhigher education. The company also sells to a general audience.[5]
I.B. Tauris was founded in 1983 by Iradj Bagherzade. Its declared strategy was to fill a perceived gap between trade publishing houses anduniversity presses, to publish serious but accessible works on international politics and culture.[6] The company specialised in its early days on publishing on the Middle East. In 2002, it published approximately 160 books per year.
In the period following theSeptember 11 attacks, 2001, its publicationTaliban byAhmed Rashid is reported to have sold nearly 500,000 copies in English worldwide with 27 licensed editions internationally.[7]
In May 2011, the company acquired the fine arts publisher Philip Wilson Publishers after handling its sales, marketing, and distribution for several years.[8]
In June 2013, the company announced an agreement with theAmerican University in Cairo Press (AUCP), under which I.B. Tauris distributes all AUCP publications worldwide, outsideNorth America andEgypt. The two publishing houses also embarked on a series of international co-publications. This move was reportedly in line with an I.B. Tauris strategy to be the dominant player in international Middle East Studies publishing.[9]
In 2018, I.B. Tauris was acquired byBloomsbury Publishing, and has become an imprint of the publishing house.[10][11]
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