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The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna

Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger Publishers, 2000

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...establishment of its supremacy over vast areas, the Islamic world did not become transformed into an Islamic Empire, any more than the Christian world became...the case of the latter, religion in the Islamic world was repeatedly and often shamelessly...
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The Islamic World in Ascendancy: From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna

Book by Martin Sicker; Praeger, 2000

Subjects:

Islamic Empire--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...establishment of its supremacy over vast areas, the Islamic world did not become transformed into an Islamic Empire, any more than the Christian world became...the case of the latter, religion in the Islamic world was repeatedly and often shamelessly...
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Islamic Political Thought: The Basic Concepts

Book by W. Montgomery Watt; Edinburgh University Press, 1980

Subjects:

Islam And Politics, Islam And State, Islamic Empire--Politics And Government

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

empire should be based on the revealed-law. Most of them also thought of the Islamic community as a charismatic one because...constitutionalist bloc. From this time onwards the Islamic empire was predominantly Sunnite, even when...
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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate

Book by Tayeb El-Hibri; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Harun Al-Rashid--Caliph--Ca. 763-809, Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Historiography

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

As great an impact as this empire had on the fortunes of peoples...that the study of medieval Islamic historiography will gradually...elusive nature of medieval Islamic narratives, and tries through...north-eastern border of the Islamic empire. Yet in reality it...
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Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World - Vol. 2

Book by Andre Wink; Brill Academic Publishers, 2002

Subjects:

India--History--1000-1526, India--History--324 B.C.-1000 A.D, Islamic Empire--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...begin to loom large in the Indo-Islamic chronicles, and these can be identified...became participants in the Indo-Islamic empire-and they were recog- nized as...substance. In the making of the Indo-Islamic world it was, in short, the fourteenth...

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The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World

Journal article by Paul D. Buell; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World. by Paul D. Buell The...History; Between China and the Islamic World. By MICHAL BIRAN. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE...
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Remembering Islamic Empires: Speaking of Imperialism and Islamophobia

Journal article by Richard Phillips; New Formations, 2010

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...and memories of empire. While some of...and memories of Islamic empires do so against specific...that the British Empire relied upon brute...generalisation that Islamic empires eschewed force...disintegration of their empire. Ii( These engagements...in the annals of Islamic empires show that these...
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Islamic Arbitration: a New Path for Interpreting Islamic Legal Contracts

Journal article by Charles P. Trumbull; Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 59, 2006

Subjects:

Arbitration, Contract law, First Amendment-US, Islamic law, Jargon, Muslims, United States

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...93 In the formative period of Islamic law, hundreds of madhabs (schools of thought) sprang up across the Islamic empire, all with divergent versions of...of the fundamental principles of Islamic law, they employ slightly different...
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Contemporary Islamic Finance: from Socioeconomic Idealism to Pure Legalism

Journal article by Walid S. Hegazy; Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 7, 2007

Subjects:

Commercial markets, Competition, Financial services, Islam, Islamic financing, Muslim Americans, Objectives, Political activism, Principles, Savings banks, Society

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Contemporary Islamic Finance: from Socioeconomic Idealism...the Mediterranean shores of the last Islamic empire in the late eighteenth century,1...of trade and finance. Traditional Islamic contracts and financial instruments...
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Historical Evolution of Islamic Law of Nations/siyar: between Memory and Desire

Journal article by Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul; Domes, Vol. 17, 2008

Subjects:

Constitutional law, Ethics, Human relations, Industrialized nations, International relations, Islam, Islamic law, Legal reform, Legislation, Principles, Religion, Truces & cease fires

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Historical Evolution of Islamic Law of Nations/siyar: between...with our topic is from where does Islamic law derive? In order to answer this...siyar then spread throughout the Islamic Empire, bearing with it this connotation...

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The Mughal Dynasties: Francis Robinson Looks for the Distinctively Tolerant and Worldly Features of Mughal Rule in India and That of the Related Islamic Dynasties of Iran and Central Asia

Magazine article by Francis Robinson; History Today, Vol. 57, June 2007

Subjects:

Central Asia--History, Indian history--Analysis, Islamic Empire, 622-1517--History, Mughal Empire, 1526-1857--History, Shahjahan, Emperor of India--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...India and That of the Related Islamic Dynasties of Iran and Central...richest of the Muslim gunpowder empires; the Safavids, 1501-1773...who founded the Mughal empire (Mughal is the Persian for...strove to reconquer their empire. But generally, the movement...an Orientalist view of the Islamic world. First, their rulers...
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Search for a Turk

Magazine article by Asadullah Khan; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 35, January 2006

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History, Horses, Islamic culture, James, Jeremy, Ottoman Empire

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...horses originated in the Islamic world. A new book...most enigmatic equestrian empires-the Ottoman Empire. In this exclusive interview with "Islamic Horizons" magazine...Turkey and into history. ISLAMIC HORIZONS: What did you...
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On the Path of Persian History : The Islamic Republic of Iran May Impose Its Will on a Reluctant Population, but This Does Not Deny Its Glorious Past as One of the Greatest Empires History Has Known

Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, December 2001

Subjects:

Iran--Description and travel

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Path of Persian History : The Islamic Republic of Iran May Impose...Past as One of the Greatest Empires History Has Known. by eva...m., but the law of the Islamic Republic of Iran demands that...what remains of this vast empire. Especially focusing on the past glory of pre-Islamic Persia, we visited ancient...
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Muslims at the Edges

Magazine article by Muneer Fareed; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 37, November 2008

Subjects:

Faith, History, Islamic culture, Muslims

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...and worked at the edges of the Islamic empire. So, while revelation itself...drawn from the periphery of the Islamic world, from those who were either...of Islam, Arab culture and the Islamic faith enjoyed a symbiotic relationship...
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Some Thoughts on Islamic Fundamentalism

Magazine article by Vern L. Bullough; Free Inquiry, Vol. 15, Spring 1995

Subjects:

Islam--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...American policy makers saw the Islamic fundamentalists, whom Nasser...with many parts of its former empire. In fact, Islamic fundamentalism thrived in France...Hussein and his efforts against Islamic fundamentalists. It also took...

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Al Qaeda Keeps off Israel for Now; Intelligence Believes Plan Is to First Establish Islamic Empire, Then Strike

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 1, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Believes Plan Is to First Establish Islamic Empire, Then Strike. Byline: Jay Bushinsky...United States and establish an Islamic empire before targeting Israel...maintain close links with Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, two groups...
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Islamic Banking; Is Treasury Complicit?

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 11, 2008

Subjects:

Islamic banking, United States economic conditions

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...corrupting it from within in hopes of creating a parallel system to re-establish a global Islamic empire governed by Islamic law (Shariah). Islamic rules of commerce (fiqh al-muamalat) forbid interest (riba) and investing in a prohibited...
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Bush Hits 'Islamic Radicals'; Defends War on Terror, Reveals Foiled Attacks

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 7, 2005

Subjects:

Islamic militants, Terrorism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...regularly substitute the term "Islamic radicalism" for terrorism. He...operations from which to expand Islamic radicalism. "The militants believe...region and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia...
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So Why Have Jemima and Imran Named Their Son after the Bloodiest Islamic Leader of All Time?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 21, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Their Son after the Bloodiest Islamic Leader of All Time? Byline...all, the most bloodstained Islamic conquerer of all time. Does...ascended the throne of the Ottoman Empire as sultan at the age of 26...and built the most expansive Islamic state the world has ever seen...
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Museum Weaves Vivid Exhibit of Islamic Rugs

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, February 1, 1998

Subjects:

Textile Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Museum weaves vivid exhibit of Islamic rugs by Joanna Shaw-Eagle Taking...great 15th- to 18th-century Islamic empire courts and, like these artists...carpets vivid colors and elegant Islamic designs and the feel of their wool...

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Umayyad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to leadership roles of the pre-Islamic Arab elite, and the rejuvenation...the higher stratum of the pre-Islamic Meccan elite. Having entered into...making Damascus the capital of the Islamic empire. His efforts concentrated on strengthening...
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Interior Decoration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...period few notable interiors were created except in Islamic Spain and in the Byzantine Empire. Simple movable and hanging objects were the...styles , regence style , Directoire style , and Empire style . England developed notably the Elizabethan...
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AtatÜrk, Kemal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...establish a constitutional government for the Ottoman Empire , although he disagreed with its pro-German policy...and F. Tachau (1987); N. Itzkowitz, Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition (1980); G. Renda and C. M. Kortpeter...
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Mughal Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a characteristic Indo-Islamic-Persian style that flourished...subcontinent during the Mughal empire (1526 1857). This new style combined elements of Islamic art and architecture , which...became the capital of the empire, but in 1585 it was abandoned...
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Merv

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the Arab rulers of Khorasan and Transoxania and one of the main centers of Islamic learning, and from 1118 to 1157, when it was the capital of the Seljuk Empire under the last sultan, Sandzhar. The Mongols destroyed the city early in the...

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