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The Cambridge history of Islam / edited by P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis.

Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, ©1970.

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

This work aims to present to the reader a narrative of the several threads of Islamic history over a period of more than 13 centuries, in an area extending from Spain and Morocco to South East Asia. In view of this enormous perspective and the fact that only two volumes must fulfill the task, the editors are naturally explicit about the book's limitations: it is intended primarily for general readers of history, for students of history, and particularly for students of Oriental disciplines (I, p. ix). While not claiming to present any exhaustive definitive account, the editors have shown a keen awareness of the shortcomings and gaps in much of the secondary material previously recommended to students and general readers, and have tried 'to offer an authoritative guide to the state of knowledge at the present day, and to provide a sound foundation on which to build' (I, p. xviii). -- From http://www.jstor.org (Nov. 25, 2016).

Islamic civilization.

Civilization -- history.

Islamic countries -- History.

Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm), editor.

Lambton, Ann K. S., 1912-2008, editor.

Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. The central Islamic lands. The rise and domination of the Arabs. Pre-Islamic Arabia / Irfan Shahid ; Muhammad / W. Montgomery Watt ; The Patriarchal and Umayyad Caliphates / Laura Veccia Vaglieri ; The 'Abbasid Caliphate / D. Sourdel -- The coming of the Steppe peoples. The disintegration of the Caliphate in the East / B. Spuler ; Egypt and Syria / Bernard Lewis ; Anatolia in the Period of the Seljuks and the Beyliks / Osman Turan ; The emergence of the Ottomans / Halil Inalcik -- The Central Islamic lands in the Ottoman period. The rise of the Ottoman empire / Halil Inalcik ; The heyday and decline of the Ottoman empire / Halil Inalcik ; The later Ottoman empire in Rumelia and Anatolia / by the late Uriel Heyd ; The later Ottoman empire in Egypt and the fertile Crescent / P.M. Holt ; Safavid Persia / R.M. Savory ; Persia: the breakdown of society / Ann K.S. Lambton ; Central Asia from the sixteenth century to the Russian Conquest / B. Spuler ; Appendix. The golden horde and its successors / M.E. Yapp ; Tsarist Russia and the Muslims of Central Asia / Akdes Nimet Kurat -- The Central Islamic Lands in recent times. Modern Turkey / Kemal H. Karpat ; The Arab lands / Z.N. Zeine ; Modern Persia / R.M. Savory ; Islam in the Soviet Union / Akdes Nimet Kurat ; Communism in the Central Islamic lands / A. Bennigsen and C. Lemercier-Quelquejay ; The political impact of the West / Dankwart A. Rustow ; Economic and social change / Morroe Berger.

Volume 2. The further Islamic lands, Islamic society and civilization. The Indian sub-continent. Muslim India before the Mughals / I.H. Qureshi ; India under the Mughals / I.H. Qureshi -- Appendix. The Sultanates of the Deccan, sixteenth to eighteenth centuries / J. Burton-Page ; The breakdown of traditional society / S.A.A. Rizvi -- South-East Asia. South-East Asian Islam to the eighteenth century / H.J. De Graaf ; South-East Asian Islam in the nineteenth century / William R. Roff -- South-East Asian Islam in the twentieth century / Harry J. Benda -- Africa and the Muslim West. North Africa to the sixteenth century / roger Le Tourneau ; North Africa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / R. Mantran ; North Africa in the Pre-Colonial period / Andre Raymond ; North Africa in the period of colonization / Andre Nouschi ; the Nilotic Sudan / P.M. Holt ; The WEstern and Central Sudan / Humphrey Fisher ; The Iberian Peninsula and Sicily / Ambroxio Huici Miranda -- Islamic society and civilization. The geographical setting / X. De Planhol ; The sources of Islamic civilization / G.E. Von Grunebaum ; Economy, society, institutions / Claude Cahen ; Law and justice / the late J. Schacht ; Religion and culture / Louis Gardet ; Mysticism / the late A.J. Arberry ; Revival and reform in Islam / Fazlur Rahman -- Literature: Arabic literature / Irfan Shahid ; Persian literature / E. Yar-Shater ; Turkish literature / Fahir Iz ; Urdu literature / Aziz Ahmad ; Art and architecture / G. Fehervari ; Science / G. Anawati ; Philosophy / S. Pines ; Warfare / V.M. Parry ; The transmission of learning and literary influences to Western Europe / F. Gabrieli.

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