Jean Sauvaget's Introduction to the History of the Muslim East

A Bibliographical Guide

Jean Sauvaget, Claude Cahen

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780520376274
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520376298
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Religion

Introduction to the History of the Muslim East: A Bibliographical Guide, based on the revised second edition by Claude Cahen, serves as an essential resource for students and scholars delving into the rich and complex history of the Islamic world. This comprehensive guide focuses on the core regions that shaped Islamic civilization—Arabia, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey—highlighting their historical and cultural significance. By emphasizing the Muslim East over peripheral regions, the work seeks to provide a more focused and nuanced understanding of Islam's formative and flourishing periods while also addressing the broader historical impact of regions like Spain and North Africa. The guide underscores the need for critical judgment and interdisciplinary collaboration in Islamic studies, blending history and Orientalism to enhance research and understanding. This bibliographical guide offers valuable insights into the evolution of Islamic studies and its methodologies. It provides extensive references to foundational texts and modern scholarship, bridging the gap between linguistic expertise and historical analysis. Scholars interested in Islamic historiography, cultural transmission, and the integration of Islamic history into broader historical narratives will find this guide indispensable. With its detailed annotations and thoughtful categorization, Introduction to the History of the Muslim East stands as a vital tool for both introducing newcomers to the field and supporting advanced research endeavors. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface to the English Edition
• Preface to the Second French Edition
• Contents 1
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The Scope of the Work
• PART 1 The Sources of Muslim History
• 1 Language and Scripts
• 2 Archives
• 3 Narrative Sources
• 4 Travel Books and Geographical Works
• 5 Legal and Administrative Sources
• 6 Other Literary Sources
• 7 Literary Sources: Bio-bibliographical Works
• 8 Archaeological Sources
• 9 Contemporary Geographical and Ethnological Material
• PART II Tools of Research and General Works
• 10 General Information
• 11 Special Disciplines
• 12 Dynastic Series and Tribal Genealogies
• 13 The Main Outlines of Muslim History
• PART III Historical Bibliography
• 14 The Near East and Arabia on the Eve of the Advent of Islam
• 15 Muhammad
• 16 The Räshidün (Rightly-Guided) and Umayyad Caliphs and the Arab Conquests
• 17 The ‘Abbasid Caliphate and the Successor States TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
• 18 The Ism’ilis and Fatimids
• 19 Seljuks and Their Descendants ELEVENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURY. Islam and the Crusades
• 20 The Muslim World under the Mongols and the Timurids
• 21 The Mamluks and the Arab East TWELFTH TO FOURTEENTH CENTURY
• 22 Iran and the Non-Ottoman Muslim East FROM THE ADVENT OF THE SAFAVIDS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
• 23 The Ottoman Empire
• 24 The Muslim West
• 25 The Influence of Muslim Culture in Europe
• INDEX OF NAMES