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A History of Medieval Islam
About this book
This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages, and will help the non-Orientalist to understand something of the relationship between Islam and Christendom in those centuries.
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Index
Abbas (‘Abbās) (Wazir of Zafir) 163
Abbas b. Ma’mun (‘Abbās b. Ma’mūn), 119
Abbasids (‘Abbāsids), Abbasid house, 77, 101ff, 106ff, 127, 152, 174, 183
Abdallah (‘Abdallāh) (father of Muhammad), 22
Abdallah b. Ali (‘Abdallāh b. ‘Alī), 102
Abdallah b. Amir (‘Abdallāh b. ‘Āmir), 60
Abdallah b. Maimun (‘Abdallāh b. Maimūn), 128, 131
Abdallah b. Mu‘awiya (‘Abdallāh b. Mu‘āwiya), 100
Abdallah b. Sa‘d (‘Abdallāh b. Sa‘d), 60
Abdallah b. Zubair (‘Abdallāh b. Zubair), 70ff
Abd al-Latif (‘Abd al-Laṭīf), 53n
Abd al-Malik (‘Abd al-Malik), 72, 74ff, 77, 81, 82, 85, 87
Abd al-Muttalib (‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib), 22
Abd al-Rahman (‘Abd al-Raḥmān), 59
Abd al-Rahman (grandson of Hisham), (‘Abd al-Raḥmān) 103, 115
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiki (‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Ghāfiḳi), 92
Abd al-Rahman III (‘Abd al-Raḥmān), 132, 134
Abraha, 13, 14, 37
Abraham, 30
Abu Abdallah al-Shi‘i (Abu ‘Abdallāh al-Shī‘ī), 129, 131f, 135
Abu Bakr (Abū Bakr), 24, 26, 34, 41ff
Abu Dharr (Abū Dharr), 61
Abu Hanifa (Abū Ḥānūfa), 82
Abu Hashim (Abū Hāshim), 101
Abu’l-Abbas (‘Abu ’l-Abbās), 102, 110
Abu Lahab (Abū Lahab), 25
Abu’l-Kasim (Abu’l-Ḳāsim), 132
Abu ’l-Khattab (Abu ‘l-Khattāb), 128
Abu Lu’lu’a (Abū Lu’la’a), 57
Ab...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- GLOSSARY
- DATES
- I ARABIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS
- II THE PROPHET
- III THE FIRST CONQUESTS
- IV THE CIVIL WARS
- V THE ARAB EMPIRE
- VI THE ABBASID REVOLUTION
- VII THE BREAKUP OF THE CALIPHATE
- VIII THE ISMA‘ILIAN SCHISM
- IX THE TURKISH IRRUPTION
- X THE CHRISTIAN COUNTER-ATTACK
- XI THE MONGOL DISASTER
- XII THE CIVILIZATION OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM
- INDEX