History

ISBN: 9781846032738
Published by : Osprey
This new offering from Osprey examines the extraordinary achievements of the early expansion of Islam, with Islamic armies within a little over a century overruning the Near East, destroying the Sasanian Empire and crippling the Byzantine, and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848859760
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
This volume explores the immense achievements of the 'Abbasid age through the lens of Mediterranean history. When the Umayyad caliphs were replaced by the 'Abbasids in 750, and the Arab capital moved to Baghdad, Iraq quickly became the centre n... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845116552
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
In contrast to the current obssession with an idea of a clash of civilizations, Ian Almond emphasises the place Islam has in European history and the co-existence of Christian and Muslim, particularly in the medieval period, narrating prominent... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415475525
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant "History of Islamic Spain" by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367/977). Although like most Muslims of al-Andalus in this period, Ibn al-Qutiya was of European origin, he... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415668552
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This book is the first published English-language translation of the significant "History of Islamic Spain" by Ibn al-Qutiya (d. Cordova 367/977). Although like most Muslims of al-Andalus in this period, Ibn al-Qutiya was of European origin, he... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845116910
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
This volume, the latest in the acclaimed The Idea of Iran series examines the changes and continuities which followed the Islamic conquest of Iran in the mid 7th century. Several of the essays look at the survival of a distinctly Iranian ident... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780748620081
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
This introductory volume focuses on the formation and disintegration of Arab-Muslim rule and society in Sicily and south Italy between 800 and 1300 which led to the creation of an enduring Muslim-Christian frontier during the age of the Crusad... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781405807364
Published by : Pearson Education
This new biography of Saladin gives a rather different picture of his life and especially his achievements from the standard accounts. Whilst the popular image of Saladin both in the western and Muslim world is that of the great warrior, fighti... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780812241785
Published by : University of Pennsylvania Press
The Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary but that the line of descent ends with Muhammad, who is the seal, or last, of the prophets. While Muhamma... .... Learn More