The New Cambridge History of Islam

A history of the Western Islamic lands from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries.

Maribel Fierro (Edited by)

9780521839570, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 November 2010

896 pages
23.5 x 16 x 4.6 cm, 1.5 kg

Volume 2 of The New Cambridge History of Islam is devoted to the history of the Western Islamic lands from the political fragmentation of the eleventh century to the beginnings of European colonialism towards the end of the eighteenth century. The volume embraces a vast area from al-Andalus and North Africa to Arabia and the lands of the Ottomans. In the first four sections, scholars – all leaders in their particular fields - chart the rise and fall, and explain the political and religious developments, of the various independent ruling dynasties across the region, including famously the Almohads, the Fatimids and Mamluks, and, of course, the Ottomans. The final section of the volume explores the commonalities and continuities that united these diverse and geographically disparate communities, through in-depth analyses of state formation, conversion, taxation, scholarship and the military.

Introduction Maribel Fierro
Part I. Al-Andalus, North and West Africa: 1. Al-Andalus and the Maghrib (from the fifth/eleventh century to the fall of the Almoravids) María Jesús Viguera-Molins
2. The central lands of North Africa and Sicily, until the beginning of the Almohad period Michael Brett
3. The Almohads (524–646/1130–1248) and the Hafsids (627–932/1229–1526) Maribel Fierro
4. The post-Almohad dynasties in al-Andalus and the Maghrib (seventh-ninth/thirteenth-fifteenth centuries) Fernando Rodríguez Mediano
5. West Africa and its early empires Ulrich Rebstock
Part II. Egypt and Syria: 6. Bil?d al-Sh?m, from the Fatimid conquest to the fall of the Ayyubids (359–658/970–1260) Anne-Marie Eddé
7. The Fatimid caliphate (358–567/969–1171) and the Ayyubids in Egypt (567–648/1171–1250) Yaacov Lev
8. The Mamluks in Egypt and Syria: the Turkish Mamluk sultanate (648–784/1250–1382) and the Circassian Mamluk sultanate (784–923/1382–1517) Amalia Levanoni
9. Western Arabia and Yemen (fifth/eleventh century to the Ottoman conquest) Esther Peskes
Part III. Muslim Anatolia and the Ottoman Empire: 10. The Turks in Anatolia before the Ottomans Gary Leiser
11. The rise of the Ottomans Kate Fleet
12. The Ottoman Empire (tenth/sixteenth century) Colin Imber
13. The Ottoman Empire. The age of 'political households' (eleventh-twelfth/seventeenth-eighteenth centuries) Soraiya Faroqhi
14. Egypt and Syria under the Ottomans Bruce Masters
15. Western Arabia and Yemen during the Ottoman period Bernard Haykel
Part IV. North and West Africa: 16. Shar?fian rule in Morocco (tenth-twelfth/sixteenth-eighteenth centuries) Stephen Cory
17. West Africa (tenth-twelfth/sixteenth-eighteenth centuries) Ulrich Rebstock
18. Ottoman Maghrib Houari Touati
Part V. Rulers, Soldiers, Peasants, Scholars and Traders: 19. State formation and organization Michael Brett
20. Conversion to Islam. From the 'age of conversions' to the millet system Mercedes García-Arenal
21. Taxation and armies Albrecht Fuess
22. Trade
22A. Muslim trade in the Late Medieval Mediterranean world Olivia Remie Constable
22B. Overland trade in the western Islamic world (fifth-ninth/eleventh-fifteenth centuries) John L. Meloy
22C. Trade in the Ottoman lands to 1215/1800 Bruce Masters
23. The 'ulam?' Manuela Marín
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Cultural studies [JFC], Islamic life & practice [HRHP], Islam [HRH], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History: earliest times to present day [HBL], General & world history [HBG]