Islam _ from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople _ II Religion and Society

Lewis, Bernard ( ed and trans)

ISBN 10: 0333168607 / ISBN 13: 9780333168608

Published by Macmillan, London, 1979

About this Item

black cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 309 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islam _ from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople _ II Religion and Society
• Publisher: Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: Arabic
• ISBN 10: 0333168607
• ISBN 13: 9780333168608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Cloth/dust jacket Octavo.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion

About this title

Synopsis

This documentary history of Islam from the advent of the prophet Muhammed to the capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed, the Conqueror, is concerned with a period that extends from the 7th century to 1453; with a region that stretches from Western Arabia to embrace the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Asia, tropical Africa, and southern and eastern Europe; and with people and states, which, amid many diversities, share a common acceptance of the faith and law of Islam. Bernard Lewis, a widely-known authority on the Middle East, here translates from original sources and documents works that present the sweeping civilization of Islam in all its vastness and glory.

About the Author

Bernard Lewis is at Annenberg Research Institute.