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Classical Islam : A History, 600 A. D. to 1258 A. D.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2005Copyright date: ©1970Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351528092
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Classical IslamDDC classification:
  • 297/.09
LOC classification:
  • BP50.G786 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Pre-Islamic Arabia -- Muhammad -- External Power and Internal Division -- The Umayyads -- The 'Ahbāsids -- The Legacy of Greece and The Rise of Persia -- Islamic Society and Social-Religious Movements -- Egypt under the Fāṭimids and Ṭūlūnids -- The Arab West -- The Horizon of Islam: Theology, Philosophy, Literature -- 'The Downfall of the Caliphate -- Fāṭimids, Būyids, Ghaznavids, Seljūqs -- The Latin States -- Divisions in the Islamic World -- The Almoravids in the West -- Religious Reform and Berber Nationalism -- The Almohads -- Withdrawal and Mysticism at the end of the Caliphate -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book offers a grand narrative of a faith that offers an interpretation of the world, a way of life, and a style of thinking, that goes far beyond institutional or political supports. The relevance of this historical perspective is beyond dispute.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Pre-Islamic Arabia -- Muhammad -- External Power and Internal Division -- The Umayyads -- The 'Ahbāsids -- The Legacy of Greece and The Rise of Persia -- Islamic Society and Social-Religious Movements -- Egypt under the Fāṭimids and Ṭūlūnids -- The Arab West -- The Horizon of Islam: Theology, Philosophy, Literature -- 'The Downfall of the Caliphate -- Fāṭimids, Būyids, Ghaznavids, Seljūqs -- The Latin States -- Divisions in the Islamic World -- The Almoravids in the West -- Religious Reform and Berber Nationalism -- The Almohads -- Withdrawal and Mysticism at the end of the Caliphate -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book offers a grand narrative of a faith that offers an interpretation of the world, a way of life, and a style of thinking, that goes far beyond institutional or political supports. The relevance of this historical perspective is beyond dispute.

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