History of the Arabs, Revised: 10th Edition
This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a valuable source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history, telling with insight the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay. For this revised tenth edition, Walid Khalidi's timely preface emphasises that now, more than ever, this...
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This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples unrolls one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history, telling with insight the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay.
Pt. IThe Pre-Islamic AgeCh. IThe Arabs as Semites: Arabia the Cradle of the Semitic Race3Ch. IIThe Arabian Peninsula14Ch. IIIBedouin Life23Ch. IVEarly International Relations30Ch. VThe Sabaean and other States of South Arabia49Ch. VIThe Nabataean and other petty Kingdoms of North and Central Arabia67Ch. VIIAl-Hijaz on the Eve of the Rise of Islam87Pt. IIThe Rise of Islam and the Caliphal StateCh. VIIIMuhammad the Prophet of Allah111Ch. IXThe Koran the Book of Allah123Ch. XIslam the Religion of Submission to the Will of Allah128Ch. XIPeriod of Conquest, Expansion and Colonization, A.D. 632-61139Ch. XIIThe Conquest of Syria147Ch. XIIIAl-Iraq and Persia conquered155Ch. XIVEgypt, Tripolis and Barqah Acquired160Ch. XVThe Administration of the new Possessions169Ch. XVIThe Struggle between 'Ali and Mu'awiyah for the Caliphate178Pt. IIIThe Umayyad and 'Abbasid EmpiresCh. XVIIThe Umayyad Caliphate: Mu'awiyah establishes a Dynasty189Ch. XVIIIHostile Relations with the Byzantines199Ch. XIXThe Zenith of Umayyad Power206Ch. XXPolitical Administration and Social Conditions under the Umayyads224Ch. XXIIntellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads240Ch. XXIIDecline and Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty279Ch. XXIIIThe Establishment of the 'Abbasid Dynasty288Ch. XXIVThe Golden Prime of the 'Abbasids297Ch. XXVThe 'Abbasid State317Ch. XXVI'Abbasid Society332Ch. XXVIIScientific and Literary Progress363Ch. XXVIIIEducation408Ch. XXIXThe Development of Fine Arts416Ch. XXXMoslem Sects429Ch. XXXIThe Caliphate dismemberd: Petty Dynasties in the West450Ch. XXXIISundry Dynasties in the East461Ch. XXXIIIThe Collapse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate484Pt. IVThe Arabs in Europe: Spain and SicilyCh. XXXIVConquest of Spain493Ch. XXXVThe Umayyad Amirate in Spain505Ch. XXXVICivil Disturbances512Ch. XXXVIIThe Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova520Ch. XXXVIIIPolitical, Economic and Educational Institutions526Ch. XXXIXPetty States: Fall of Granada537Ch. XLIntellectual Contributions557Ch. XLIArt and Architecture591Ch. XLIIIn Sicily602Pt. VThe Last of the Medieval Moslem StatesCh. XLIIIA Shi'ite Caliphate in Egypt: The Fatimids617Ch. XLIVLife in Fatimid Egypt625Ch. XLVMilitary Contacts between East and West: The Crusades633Ch. XLVICultural Contacts659Ch. XLVIIThe Mamluks, last Medieval Dynasty of Arab World671Ch. XLVIIIIntellectual and Artistic Activity683Ch. XLIXThe End of Mamluk Rule694Pt. VIOttoman Rule and IndependenceCh. LThe Arab Lands as Turkish Provinces709Ch. LIEgypt and the Arab Crescent719Ch. LIIThe Changing Scene: Impact of the West745Index759
