Author: H. J. KisslingPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004021044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Last Great Muslim Empires
Author: H. J. KisslingPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004021044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Last Great Muslim Empires
Author: The Last Great Muslim Empires
Author: Bertold SpulerHistory of the Muslim World
Author: Bertold SpulerPublisher: Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN: 9781558761124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Islamic Empires
Author: Justin MarozziPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241199050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and swathes of the Indian subcontinent. For centuries the caliphate was both ascendant on the battlefield and triumphant in the battle of ideas, its cities unrivalled powerhouses of artistic grandeur, commercial power, spiritual sanctity and forward-looking thinking. Islamic Empires is a history of this rich and diverse civilization told through its greatest cities over fifteen centuries, from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca in the seventh century to the astonishing rise of Doha in the twenty-first. It dwells on the most remarkable dynasties ever to lead the Muslim world - the Abbasids of Baghdad, the Umayyads of Damascus and Cordoba, the Merinids of Fez, the Ottomans of Istanbul, the Mughals of India and the Safavids of Isfahan - and some of the most charismatic leaders in Muslim history, from Saladin in Cairo and mighty Tamerlane of Samarkand to the poet-prince Babur in his mountain kingdom of Kabul and the irrepressible Maktoum dynasty of Dubai. It focuses on these fifteen cities at some of the defining moments in Islamic history: from the Prophet Mohammed receiving his divine revelations in Mecca and the First Crusade of 1099 to the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the phenomenal creation of the merchant republic of Beirut in the nineteenth century.
The Last Great Muslim Empires
Author: The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals
Author: Stephen F. DalePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184390
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. By the early seventeenth century their descendants controlled territories that encompassed much of the Muslim world, stretching from the Balkans and North Africa to the Bay of Bengal and including a combined population of between 130 and 160 million people. This book is the first comparative study of the politics, religion, and culture of these three empires between 1300 and 1923. At the heart of the analysis is Islam, and how it impacted on the political and military structures, the economy, language, literature and religious traditions of these great empires. This original and sophisticated study provides an antidote to the modern view of Muslim societies by illustrating the complexity, humanity and vitality of these empires, empires that cannot be reduced simply to religious doctrine.
The Muslim World: The last great Muslim empires
Author: Bertold SpulerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islamic countries
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires
Author: PetruccioliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004660828
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Interest in the Islamic garden has increased considerably in the past years, to such a point where a conference specifically on this subject was held at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1994. This volume collects eight papers from the conference and two additional papers especially written for the book, to further and act as a basis for the attention given by scholars these days to Islamic landscape architecture.
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