History

ISBN: 9780859897068
Published by : The Exeter Press
This volume, like its predecessors in the series, includes a variety of topics all relating to the Arabian Peninsula. We find articles on language and literature, dialect, geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, sociology, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781850436706
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
Honored by Muslims as the epitome of the just ruler, 'Umar, or Omar--the second caliph--is one of the greatest figures in early Islamic history. His rule (634-44 CE) laid the foundations of an empire that has since defined, both culturally and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716398
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The Middle Nile Basin, which is in effect the present Republic of the Sudan, from the 7th century CE accepted Islam through influences from both the north and the east and responded to the changes which have taken place in the Dar al-Islam. Fro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781885923349
Published by : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
This volume addresses the topical interest in Islam, studying the process of its spread throughout the medieval world and the process of conversion to this religion and adoption of its cultural life. The evidence is presented in a series of ess... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094501
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
These fifteen essays were written in honor of Alan Jones, distinguished Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Oriental Institute in Oxford, by his former students and colleagues.

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ISBN: 9780143034810
Published by : Viking
The Cross and the Crescent is a brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation, by Englands leading mediaeval historian. Richard Fletcher shows how, despite long periods of co-exis... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780316861755
Published by : Little, Brown and Company
In AD 570 a shepherd boy was born in poverty in central Arabia, yet, during his lifetime, he established a new religion, a united Arabic and the new literary language of the Qur'an. This is a deeply symathetic biography of an extraordinary and hum... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780295981260
Published by : University of Washington Press
This volume examines the popular culture of religious storytelling in the medieval Islamic Near East. The author draws on chronicles, biographical dictionaries, sermons and tales, but, especially, on a number of medieval treatises critical of p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874044369
Published by : Art Books International
This thematic travel guide contains ten itineraries for exploring Islamic Portugal, each taking a different geographical area and lasting 1-2 days. It is an `exhibition' not of artefacts, but of landscapes, sites and monuments across central a... .... Learn More