Islam An Illustrated History

, by Freeman-Grenville, Greville Stewart Parker; Munro-Hay, Stuart Christopher

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ISBN: 9780826418371 | 0826418376
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Copyright: 1/26/2006

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This lavishly illustrated work by two renowned scholars narrates the history of the spread of Islam all over the world, from its birth in Arab

Preface

Glossary

xiii

I Introduction: Before the Hijra of the Prophet Muhammad

(31)

Middle East Physical

(2)

Middle East Mean Annual Rainfall

(1)

Middle East — Vegetation

(1)

Middle East Agriculture and Livestock

(1)

The Ancient Middle East, c. 2050-1000 BC

(3)

Ancient Egypt

(2)

The Seaborne Phoenician Empire

(2)

Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors, 10th to 6th centuries BC

(3)

The Empire of Persia

(2)

Alexander the Great's Empire and Its Division Amongst His Successors

(2)

Rome in the Middle East

(2)

Middle Eastern Commerce c. AD 50

(1)

Commerce with the Middle East c. AD 50

(1)

The Expansion of Christianity, 1st to 6th centuries

(2)

Arabia at the Time of the Birth of Muhammad c.570 until the Caliphate of Abu Bakr

(1)

Claudius Ptolemy's Map of Arabia

(1)

The Middle East at the Time of the Birth of Muhammad

(1)

Semitic Languages and the Development of the Art of Writing

(2)

History of the Alphabet

(2)

II From the Hijra (AD 622) until the End of the Umayyad Dynasty (750)

(10)

The Arab Conquest of Syria, Iraq and Persia

(3)

The Arab Conquest of Egypt

(2)

The Arab Conquest of North Africa and Spain

(3)

Umayyad Caliphate

(2)

III. From the Abbasid Dynasty until the Crusades (750-1087)

(39)

The Abbasid Caliphate

(2)

Arabs in the Mediterranean in the 9th century

(2)

The Spanish Umayyads and the Emirate

(3)

Islamic Dynasties in the East, 9th to 11th centuries

(2)

The City of Baghdad, 9th century

(3)

The City of Samarra, 9th century

(1)

Dynasties in North-West Africa

(3)

Tulunids (820 872) and I kshidids (935 969) in Egypt

(2)

Tahirids (868 905), Saffarids (867-908), and Samanids (874 909)

(2)

Qarmatian, Shi'ite and Other Dynasties (800-1281)

(3)

The World as Known to al-Masoudi (d. 956)

(1)

The World as Depicted by Ibn Hawqal, c. 988

(2)

The Umayyads in Spain (950-1050)

(2)

The Fatimids in North Africa and in Egypt, 904-1171

(3)

North-West Africa after the Fatimids, 11th and 12th centuries

(2)

Conquests and Dominions of Mahmud of Ghazna (997-1030) and His Successors

(2)

Los Reyes de Taifas, or Party Kings, of Spain, c. 1009-1286

(3)

The Almoravid Domains

(1)

The Almoravids in North Africa and Spain, 1056-1147

(1)

IV. Latin Kingdoms and Muslims

(34)

Christianity and Islam at the Close of the 11th century

(3)

The Crusades, 1095-1291

(2)

Crusader Principalities, 1096-1291

(1)

The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Principalities

(1)

The Seljuq Turks, 1077-1307

(3)

The Almohads in North Africa and Spain, 1130-1269

(3)

Saladin and the Ayyubid Domains, 1169-1250

(1)

The World as depicted by al-Idrisi

(2)

The City of Cairo, from the beginning until 1517

(2)

The Ghurids in Afghanistan and North India, 1175-1206

(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)

V. The Further Spread of Islam

115

(145)

(i) India

115

(22)

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)

(ii) Central Asia and the Middle East

137

(31)

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)

(iii) Eastern Africa

168

(30)

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)

(iv) Western Africa

198

(18)

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)

(v) South-East Asia

216

(44)

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)

VI. 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)

The 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)

VII. 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, 1920's-1930's

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)

VIII. 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

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Islam An Illustrated History

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