Islam in History: Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East

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• Islam in History i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface to the Second Edition ix
• Part I - The Western Approaches 1
• 1 - The Study of Islam 3
• 2 - Some English Travelers in the East 25
• 3 - The Decolonization of History 43
• 4 - On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East 49
• 5 - On Nationalism and Revolution 61
• 6 - Slade on Turkey 67
• Part II - Muslim History and Historians 85
• 7 - Sources for the Economic History of the Middle East 87
• 8 - In Search of Islam's Past 103
• 9 - The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources 115
• 10 - The Cult of Spain and the Turkish Romantics 129

• Islam in History i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface to the Second Edition ix
• Part I - The Western Approaches 1
• 1 - The Study of Islam 3
• 2 - Some English Travelers in the East 25
• 3 - The Decolonization of History 43
• 4 - On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East 49
• 5 - On Nationalism and Revolution 61
• 6 - Slade on Turkey 67
• Part II - Muslim History and Historians 85
• 7 - Sources for the Economic History of the Middle East 87
• 8 - In Search of Islam's Past 103
• 9 - The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources 115
• 10 - The Cult of Spain and the Turkish Romantics 129
• Part III - Muslims and Jews 135
• 11 - The Pro-Islamic Jews 137
• 12 - Palestine: on the History and Geography of a Name 153
• 13 - An Ode against the Jews 167
• 14 - The Sultan, the King, and the Jewish Doctor 175
• Part IV - Turks and Tatars 187
• 15 - The Mongols, the Turks, and the Muslim Polity 189
• 16 - Ottoman Observers of Ottoman Decline 209
• 17 - The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath 223
• 18 - Ibn Khaldūn in Turkey 18 233
• Part V - In Black and White 237
• 19 - Corsairs in Iceland 19 239
• 20 - The Crows of the Arabs 20 247
• Part VI - History and Revolution 259
• 21 - State and Society under Islam 21 261
• 22 - The Significance of Heresy in Islam 275
• 23 - The Revolutions in Early Islam 295
• 24 - Islamic Concepts of Revolution 311
• Part VII - New Ideas 321
• 25 - The Idea of Freedom in Modern Islamic Political Thought 323
• 26 - On Modern Arabic Political Terms 337
• 27 - Islam and Development: the Revaluation of Values 345
• Part VIII - New Events 359
• 28 - Behind the Rushdie Affair 361
• 29 - The Egyptian Murder Case 375
• 30 - How Khomeini Made It 389
• 31 - The Revolt of Islam 397
• 32 - The Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective 405
• Notes 421
• Sources 459
• Index 463