The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis Cambridge University Press, 1978 - 966 pages First published in 1970, The Cambridge History of Islam is the most comprehensive and ambitious collaborative survey of Islamic history and civilization yet to appear in English. On publication it was welcomed as a work useful for both reference and reading, for the general reader, student and specialist alike. It has now been reprinted, with corrections, and for ease of handling the original two hardcover volumes have each been divided into two separate paperbacks. |
Contents
PREISLAMIC ARABIA | 3 |
MUHAMMAD | 30 |
THE PATRIARCHAL AND UMAYYAD | 57 |
THE ABBASID CALIPHATE | 104 |
THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE CALIPHATE | 143 |
EGYPT AND SYRIA | 175 |
ANATOLIA IN THE PERIOD OF THE SELJUKS | 231 |
THE EMERGENCE OF THE OTTOMANS | 263 |
THE HEYDAY AND DECLINE OF | 324 |
THE LATER OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN RUMELIA | 354 |
THE LATER OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN EGYPT | 374 |
SAFAVID PERSIA | 394 |
THE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY | 430 |
CENTRAL ASIA FROM THE SIXTEENTH | 468 |
APPENDIX THE GOLDEN HORDE AND | 495 |
THE RISE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | 295 |
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