Historical Atlas of Islam

by Freeman-Grenville G. S. P.

• ISBN13: 9780826414175
• ISBN10: 0826414176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Author Biography

Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville is a longtime professor and lecturer in African, Middle Eastern and Islamic studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Glossary	xiii
Introduction: Before the Hijra of the Prophet Muhammad	1	(31)
Middle East - Physical	1	(2)
Middle East - Mean Annual Rainfall	3	(1)
Middle East - Vegetation	3	(1)
Middle East - Agriculture and Livestock	4	(1)
The Ancient Middle East, c. 2050-1000 BC	5	(3)
Ancient Egypt	8	(2)
The Seaborne Phoenician Empire	10	(2)
Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors, 10th to 6th centuries BC	12	(3)
The Empire of Persia	15	(2)
Alexander the Great's Empire and Its Division Amongst His Successors	17	(2)
Rome in the Middle East	19	(2)
Middle Eastern Commerce c. AD 50	21	(1)
Commerce with the Middle East c. AD 50	22	(1)
The Expansion of Christianity, 1st to 6th centuries	23	(2)
Arabia at the Time of the Birth of Muhammad c.570 until the Caliphate of Abu Bakr	25	(1)
Claudius Ptolemy's Map of Arabia	26	(1)
The Middle East at the Time of the Birth of Muhammad	27	(1)
Semitic Languages and the Development of the Art of Writing	28	(2)
History of the Alphabet	30	(2)
From the Hijra (AD 622) until the End of the Umayyad Dynasty (750)	32	(10)
The Arab Conquest of Syria, Iraq and Persia	32	(3)
The Arab Conquest of Egypt	35	(2)
The Arab Conquest of North Africa and Spain	37	(3)
The Umayyad Caliphate	40	(2)
From the Abbasid Dynasty until the Crusades (750-1087)	42	(39)
The Abbasid Caliphate	42	(2)
Arabs in the Mediterranean in the 9th century	44	(2)
The Spanish Umayyads and the Emirate	46	(3)
Islamic Dynasties in the East, 9th to 11th centuries	49	(2)
The City of Baghdad, 9th century	51	(3)
The City of Samarra, 9th century	54	(1)
Dynasties in North-West Africa	54	(3)
Tulunids (820-872) and Ikshidids (935-969) in Egypt	57	(2)
Tahirids (868-905), Saffarids (867-908), and Samanids (874-909)	59	(2)
Qarmatian, Shi'ite and Other Dynasties (800-1281)	61	(3)
The World as Known to al-Masoudi (d. 956)	64	(1)
The World as Depicted by Ibn Hawqal, c. 988	65	(2)
The Umayyads in Spain (950-1050)	67	(2)
The Fatimids in North Africa and in Egypt, 904-1171	69	(3)
North-West Africa after the Fatimids, 11th and 12th centuries	72	(2)
Conquests and Dominions of Mahmud of Ghazna (997-1030) and His Successors	74	(2)
Los Reyes de Taifas, or Party Kings, of Spain, c. 1009-1286	76	(3)
The Almoravid Domains	79	(1)
The Almoravids in North Africa and Spain, 1056-1147	80	(1)
Latin Kingdoms and Muslims	81	(34)
Christianity and Islam at the Close of the 11th century	81	(3)
The Crusades, 1095-1291	84	(2)
Crusader Principalities, 1096-1291	86	(1)
The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Principalities	87	(1)
The Seljuq Turks, 1077-1307	88	(3)
The Almohads in North Africa and Spain, 1130-1269	91	(3)
Saladin and the Ayyubid Domains, 1169-1250	94	(1)
The World as depicted by al-Idrisi	94	(2)
The City of Cairo, from the beginning until 1517	96	(2)
The Ghurids in Afghanistan and North India, 1175-1206	98	(2)
Successor States of the Almohads in North Africa, 1200-1560	100	(2)
The Mamluks in Egypt, 1250-1517	102	(3)
The City of Jerusalem	105	(3)
The City of Mecca	108	(2)
The City of Medina	110	(2)
The Spanish Reconquista, 13th to 15th centuries	112	(3)
The Further Spread of Islam	115	(145)
India	115	(1)
The Indian Sub-Continent - Physical	115	(2)
The Indian Sub-Continent - Annual Rainfall	117	(1)
The Indian Sub-Continent - Vegetation	118	(1)
The Indian Sub-Continent - Agriculture and Livestock	119	(1)
The Sultanate of Delhi, 13th century to 1525	120	(3)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Sind, India, Maldives and Ceylon	123	(3)
The Mughul Emperors of India, 1526-1858	126	(5)
The British in India and Partition, 1947	131	(3)
Portuguese Possessions in India and the Far East to the 20th century	134	(3)
Central Asia and the Middle East	137	(1)
Central Asia - Physical	137	(2)
Central Asia - Annual Rainfall	139	(1)
Central Asia - Vegetation	140	(1)
Central Asia - Agriculture and Livestock	141	(1)
Campaigns of Hulagu Khan and His Generals, 1253-1260	142	(2)
Commerce in the Middle Ages	144	(3)
Travels of Ibn Battuta 1324-1348	147	(1)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in North Africa	148	(2)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Hejaz and Iraq	150	(1)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Southern Persia and the Gulf	151	(1)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Egypt and Syria	152	(1)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Anatolia, the Black Sea and Constantinople	152	(1)
The Spread of the Black Death, 1331-1368	153	(3)
The Dominions of Timur-Leng (Tamerlane), 1360-1405	156	(3)
The Expansion of the Ottoman Dominions, c. 1300-1520	159	(2)
The Il-Khanids of Persia, 1236-1353	161	(2)
The Timurids, 1369-1506, and Shaybanids, 1506-1570	163	(2)
The Safavids in Persia, 1501-1737	165	(3)
Eastern Africa	168	(1)
Eastern Africa - Physical	168	(2)
Eastern Africa - Annual Rainfall	170	(1)
Eastern Africa - Vegetation	171	(1)
Eastern Africa - Agriculture and Livestock	172	(2)
Nubia and Ethiopia, c. 600	174	(2)
Ethiopia and Eastern Africa, c. 1200-c. 1500	176	(1)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in Yemen and East Africa	177	(1)
Nubia and Ethiopia; c. 1200-c. 1500	178	(2)
Ethiopia, c. 1200-c. 1500	180	(2)
East Africa, 13th to 16th centuries	182	(2)
The Lamu Archipelago and Ancient Sites	184	(2)
Zanzibar and Pemba	186	(2)
Eastern African Trade in the Indian Ocean, c. 1500	188	(2)
Ethiopia, 16th to 19th centuries	190	(3)
The Portuguese off Eastern Africa, 1498-1698, South Arabia, and the Route to the Indies	193	(3)
The Dominions of Oman in East Africa, 1698-1913	196	(2)
Western Africa	198	(1)
Western Africa - Physical	198	(2)
Western Africa - Annual Rainfall	200	(1)
Western Africa - Vegetation	201	(1)
Western Africa - Agriculture and Livestock	202	(1)
The Western Sudan in the 11th century	203	(2)
The Western Sudan in the 12th to 14th centuries	205	(2)
Northern African Trade with the Western Sudan, 13th-14th centuries	207	(3)
The Moroccan Conquest of Songhai, 1591-1753	210	(2)
The Western Sudan, 16th and 17th centuries	212	(2)
The Western Sudan, 18th and 19th centuries	214	(2)
South-East Asia	216	(1)
South-East Asia - Physical	216	(2)
South-East Asia - Annual Rainfall	218	(2)
South-East Asia - Vegetation	220	(1)
South-East Asia - Agriculture and Livestock	221	(2)
Early Seaborne Contacts, 7th to 15th centuries	223	(1)
Early Islam in China, 7th to 14th centuries	224	(4)
Islam in China, 15th to 20th centuries	228	(4)
Islamic Communities in Arakan, Myanmar (Burma) and Tibet, 9th-20th centuries	232	(1)
Islamic Inscriptions in Malaysia and Indonesia, 11th to 15th centuries	233	(2)
Marco Polo's Sumatra, 1292	235	(1)
Marco Polo's Travels, Late 13th century	236	(1)
Early Islam in Sumatra, Ibn Battuta's Visit, 1345-1346	237	(2)
The Malaccan Sultanate at its Greatest Extent, 15th century to 1511	239	(2)
The Spread of Islam in Sumatra and Java, 15th to 17th centuries	241	(3)
The Spread of Islam in Borneo, Sulawesi and the Moluccas, 15th to 17th centuries	244	(3)
Siam, the Malay States and Britain, 15th to 20th centuries	247	(2)
Travels of Ibn Battuta in China, Assam and South-East Asia	249	(1)
Tome Pires' Account of Trade, c. 1515	250	(1)
Islam in Southern Thailand, 17th to 19th centuries	250	(3)
Islam in Cambodia and among the Chams, 17th to 20th centuries	253	(2)
South-East Asia and Britain, 17th to 20th centuries	255	(2)
Islam in the Philippines, 15th to 20th centuries	257	(3)
The Ottoman World and European Imperialism	260	(56)
The Ottoman Empire at its Greatest Extent, 16th to 17th centuries	260	(4)
Ottoman Territories in Europe, 16th to 17th centuries	264	(1)
Filali Sharifs of Morocco, from 1631	265	(2)
The Ottoman Empire in Decline, 1699-1913	267	(3)
The French in Egypt and Syria, 1798-1804	270	(1)
The Barbary States, 17th and 18th centuries	271	(3)
The United States War with Tripoli, 1801-1815	274	(2)
The Egyptian Campaign in the Hejaz, 1812-1818	276	(3)
The Egyptian Campaign in the Sudan, 1820-1880	279	(2)
Ibrahim Pasha's Campaign in Greece, 1824-1833	281	(1)
The Egyptian Campaign in Syria, 1831-1841	282	(2)
The Suez Canal, 1869, and World Trade	284	(4)
Islam in Africa, 7th to 20th centuries	288	(3)
Notable European Travelers in the East, 14th to 16th centuries	291	(2)
Notable European Travelers in the Middle East, 18th to 20th centuries	293	(3)
Russian Expansion into Central Asia	296	(3)
European Penetration of Africa, up to 1830	299	(2)
European Penetration of Africa, up to 1890	301	(1)
Dutch Possessions in Indonesia, 17th century	302	(3)
Dutch Possessions in Indonesia, from the 18th century	305	(3)
Portuguese Possessions in Africa, 20th century	308	(2)
Former Spanish Possessions in West Africa	310	(2)
Egypt and Other Powers, 20th century	312	(1)
The Sudan, 19th and 20th centuries	313	(3)
The Twentieth Century	316	(54)
The Expansion of Saudi Arabia, 20th century	316	(2)
World War I: The Turkish Fronts in the Caucasus, Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia	318	(2)
The Hejaz Railway	320	(1)
The Arab Revolt	321	(2)
World War I: Gallipoli, 1915-1916	323	(2)
The Middle East Following the Treaty of Versailles, 1919	325	(2)
The Jewish Diaspora, 1920s-1930s	327	(4)
Palestine, from the Peel Commission to the War of Independence	331	(3)
World War II: Egypt and North Africa, 1940-1941	334	(2)
World War II: Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, 1941	336	(2)
World War II: Iraq and Iran, 1941	338	(2)
Decolonization of the Middle East, 1946-1967	340	(2)
The First Arab-Israeli War, 1948	342	(2)
Immigration to Israel, from 15 May 1948	344	(2)
The Suez War, 1956	346	(2)
The Second Arab-Israeli War, 1967	348	(2)
The Third Arab-Israeli War, 1973	350	(2)
The United Arab Emirates and the Gulf States	352	(2)
Israel, Lebanon and Syria	354	(2)
The Iraq-Iran War, 1980-1988	356	(2)
The Russo-Afghan War, 1979-1988	358	(2)
Former Russian Islamic Countries in Asia, from the 20th century	360	(2)
The Union of North and South Yemen, 1990	362	(2)
Minorities in the Middle East	364	(3)
Kuwait, 1991	367	(3)
Islam in 2002	370	(27)
Political and Population	370	(2)
Natural Resources	372	(2)
Higher and Religious Education, Literacy	374	(2)
Islam in the Balkans	376	(3)
The Palestinian Diaspora	379	(2)
Israel and Palestinian Areas and Settlements	381	(3)
The Pilgrimage to Mecca	384	(3)
Afghanistan in 2002	387	(2)
Islam in the World Today	389	(3)
Islam and the West, 2002	392	(5)
Index	397