Islam Under the Arabs

It constitutes a whole in itself and is the first of a series of works which will trace the progress of Islam from Mekka to Delhi. The second work will be entitled ‘The Khalifs of Baghdad,’ and the third, ‘Islam in India.” The period of Muhammadan history which extends from the first preaching of Muhammad to the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols, falls naturally into three divisionsThe rule of the Arabs; The rule of the Persians; The rule of the Turks. The present volume deals with the first of these. This period terminated in A. H. 132 with the overthrow of the House of Ommaya and the accession to power of the Khalifs of the House of Abbas.