The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2

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Peter Malcolm Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis
Cambridge University Press, 1978 - Arab countries - 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
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THE RISE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
295

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