In Ishmael's House : A History of Jews in Muslim Lands

by Martin Gilbert

• ISBN13: 9780300177985
• ISBN10: 0300177984
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

In this absorbing and eloquent book Martin Gilbert presents a fascinating account of hope, opportunity, fear and terror that have characterized the relationship between Jews and Muslims through the 1,400 years of their intertwined history. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Sir Martin Gilbert is the author of more than eighty books, including the six-volume authorized biography of Winston Churchill.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs	p. xi
List of Maps	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
A Note on Transliteration and Dating	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xviii
Before Islam	p. 1
The Prophet Mohammed and the Jews	p. 8
Protection or Persecution?	p. 27
The First Four Hundred Years Under Islam	p. 39
Jews and Muslims in the Age of the Crusades	p. 54
The Ottoman Sultans and Other Muslim Rulers, 1324-1699	p. 74
The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	p. 93
Progress and Peril: Towards the Twentieth Century	p. 100
The First Years of the Twentieth Century and the Emergence of Zionism	p. 127
Jewish and Arab Nationalism: The First World War and After	p. 144
The Nineteen Thirties	p. 162
The Second World War: A Time of Danger	p. 178
Towards Liberation, and an Uncertain Future	p. 198
The United Nations Palestine Partition Resolution	p. 208
The Creation of the State of Israel, 14 May 1948	p. 217
Iraq, 1948-1952	p. 237
Egypt, 1951-1961	p. 251
The Exodus Continues, 1950-1967	p. 265
The Six-Day War of 1967 and Its Aftermath	p. 282
A New Life in New Lands	p. 310
The Search for Recognition	p. 325
Jews Who Remain in Muslim Lands	p. 335
Maps	p. 355
Glossary	p. 375
Bibliography	p. 379
Index	p. 398
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