ABOUT THE BOOK
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This highly acclaimed survey provides a thoughtful and
concise account of all aspects of Islam in history. Islam in history, Following an appraisal of
the study of the study of Islam, Gerhard
Endress guides the reader through key elements.
Religion (including the Revelation of the prophet Muhammad
and the development of doctrine in its
historical selling. Law and the state in medieval Islam. Social and economic aspects of medieval
Islam. The historical development of each of the main regions of the Islamic
world ( the Arabian peninsula: Syria and Palestine: Iraq :Spain: North Africa:
Egypt: Iran Anatolia). The Principal trends and major periods of Islamic
history. The development of Arabic.
Persian and Trukish languages. Names and
titles. The Muslim calendar.
ABOUT Author
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GERHARD ENDRESS is Professor of Arabic and
Islamic Studies at Ruth University. Bochum (Germany),
CAROLF.HILLENBRAND is professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh.