{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-islam-volume-1a-the-central-islamic-lands-from-pre-islamic-times-to-the-first-world-war-paperback-9780521291354","title":"The Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 1A, The Central Islamic Lands from Pre-Islamic Times to the First World War (Paperback) 9780521291354","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 1A, The Central Islamic Lands from Pre-Islamic Times to the First World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge History of Islam is the most comprehensive and ambitious collaborative survey of Islamic history and civilization.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eP. M. Holt (Edited by), Ann K. S. Lambton (Edited by), Bernard Lewis (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521291354, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 April 1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e544 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'On the basis of length and scope, the History is the most comprehensive, and at the same time the most detailed study of Islam so far attempted, and … it is likely to remain so for at least another generation.' Journal of the American Oriental Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Rise and Domination of the Arabs: 1. Pre-Islamic Arabia Irfan Shahid\u003cbr\u003e 2. Muhammad W. Montgomery Watt\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Patriarchal and Umayyad caliphates Laura Veccia Vaglieri\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'Abbasid caliphate D. Sourdel\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Coming of the Steppe Peoples: 5. The disintegration of the caliphate in the east B. Spuler\u003cbr\u003e 6. Egypt and Syria Bernard Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anatolia in the period of the Seljuks and the Beyliks Osman Turman\u003cbr\u003e 8. The emergence of the Ottomans Halil Inalcik\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Central Islamic Lands in the Ottoman period: 9. The rise of the Ottoman Empire Halil Inalcik\u003cbr\u003e 10. The heyday and decline of the Ottoman Empire Halil Inalcik\u003cbr\u003e 11. The later Ottoman Empire in Rumelia and Anatolia Uriel Heyd\u003cbr\u003e 12. The later Ottoman Empire in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent P. M. Holt\u003cbr\u003e 13. Safavid Persia R. M. Savory\u003cbr\u003e 14. Persia: the breakdown of society Ann K. S. Lambton\u003cbr\u003e 15. Central Asia from the sixteenth century to the Russian conquests B. Spuler\u003cbr\u003e Appendix M. E. Yapp\u003cbr\u003e 16. Tsarist Russia and the Muslims of Central Asia Akdes Nimet Kurat.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913227198744,"sku":"9780521291354","price":92.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521291354i_7b105379-12f5-4a31-9fa1-f928f88f1a9b.jpg?v=1691374650","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-islam-volume-1a-the-central-islamic-lands-from-pre-islamic-times-to-the-first-world-war-paperback-9780521291354","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}