Islam in Global History Vol. 1 : From the Death of Prophet Muhammed to the First World War

by AHMED PH.D. NAZEER

• ISBN13: 9780738859637
• ISBN10: 073885963X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Replica Books

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	11	(2)
Preface	13	(6)
THE AGE OF FAITH	19	(38)
The Death of Prophet Muhammed	21	(13)
Omar ibn al Khattab and the Founding of Islamic Civilization	34	(10)
The Civil Wars	44	(13)
THE AGE OF SOLDIER EMIRS	57	(46)
Muawiya, the First Soldier Emir	59	(5)
Karbala, The Last Breath of the Age of Faith	64	(5)
Omar bin Abdul Aziz, The First Revivalist Emir	69	(5)
The Conquest of Spain	74	(5)
The Conquest of Sindh	79	(5)
The Battle of Tours	84	(5)
The Abbasid Revolution	89	(14)
THE INTELLECTUAL LANDSCAPE	103	(40)
The Development of Fiqh	105	(26)
The Age of Reason-The Caliphs Harun and Mamun	131	(5)
Philosophy and Science in the Classical Age	136	(7)
THE EMERGENCE OF THE TURKS	143	(56)
Turks on Center Stage	145	(4)
The Battle of Manzikert	149	(4)
The Assassins' Dagger	153	(4)
Mahmud of Ghazna	157	(6)
The Onset of the Crusades	163	(8)
The Fall of Jerusalem	171	(6)
Salahuddin (Saladin) and the Battle of Hittin	177	(8)
The Conquest of Delhi	185	(4)
The Fourth Crusade---Sack of Constantinople	189	(5)
Origins of the Ottoman Empire	194	(5)
THE MAGRIB AND SPAIN	199	(48)
The Fatimid Conquest of Egypt	201	(14)
Abdur Rahman III of Spain	215	(5)
The Murabitun Revolution	220	(7)
The Fall of Cordoba	227	(5)
The Fall of Granada	232	(15)
ISLAM IN AFRICA	247	(24)
Introduction of Islam into Africa	249	(12)
The Hajj of Mansa Musa	261	(5)
Al Moghili and Askiya Muhammed	266	(5)
WOMEN IN A MAN'S WORLD	271	(22)
Hijab and Women Sovereigns	273	(9)
Razia, Sultana of Delhi	282	(5)
Shajarat al Durr, Queen of Egypt	287	(6)
THE MONOGOL DELUGE	293	(20)
The Devastations of Genghiz Khan	295	(6)
The Fall of Baghdad	301	(4)
The Battle of Ayn Jalut	305	(4)
The Conversion of Ghazan the Great	309	(4)
THE SPIRIT CONQUERS THE SWORD	313	(50)
The Triumph of the Awliya	315	(6)
The Sufis of India and Pakistan	321	(14)
The Rehla of Ibn Batuta	335	(15)
Crescent over Isfahan	350	(13)
THE TURKS AND THE TATARS	363	(24)
Timur of Samarqand	365	(11)
The Battle of Ankara	376	(5)
Aftermath of Tatar Invasions	381	(6)
ISLAM IN THE ARCHIPELAGO	387	(20)
Islam in Indonesia	389	(14)
The Conversion of Sultan Iskander Shah	403	(4)
Chronology	407	(20)
Glossary of Non-English Words	427	(12)
Bibliography	439	(4)
Index	443