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Islamic Empire

Books on: islamic empire

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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

...non-Muslim groups within the Islamic empire had an arrangement of the kind...for it. In the early days of the Islamic empire the Christian inhabitants of...of as a military elite in the Islamic empire during the Umayyad period. This...
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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

The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how ...
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The reigns of the caliph Harun al-Rashid and his successor al-Ma'mun have long been viewed as the golden age of the medieval Islamic caliphate. Yet how did chroniclers represent this crucial period? Tayeb El-Hibri's book applies a new literary-critical reading to the sources to demonstrate how medieval narrators devised various elusive ways of shedding light on controversial religious, political and social issues, while ostensibly presenting a history loyal to the 'Abbasid dynasty. This is an important book that represents a landmark in the field of early Islamic historiography.
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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

Sicker examines the thousand-year ascendancy of Islam from the Arab conquests to the zenith of Ottoman expansionism under Suleiman the Magnificent. He provides a unique perspective on that history that gives full account of the role played by religion as an instrument of geopolitics by both the ...
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Sicker examines the thousand-year ascendancy of Islam from the Arab conquests to the zenith of Ottoman expansionism under Suleiman the Magnificent. He provides a unique perspective on that history that gives full account of the role played by religion as an instrument of geopolitics by both the Muslim and Christian worlds, as jihad and crusade.
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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

Sicker examines the thousand-year ascendancy of Islam from the Arab conquests to the zenith of Ottoman expansionism under Suleiman the Magnificent. He provides a unique perspective on that history that gives full account of the role played by religion as an instrument of geopolitics by both the ...
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Sicker examines the thousand-year ascendancy of Islam from the Arab conquests to the zenith of Ottoman expansionism under Suleiman the Magnificent. He provides a unique perspective on that history that gives full account of the role played by religion as an instrument of geopolitics by both the Muslim and Christian worlds, as jihad and crusade.
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Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World - Vol. 2

Book by AndrÉ Wink; Brill, 2002

Subjects:

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...India-History-1000-1526. 3. Islamic Empire-History. I. Title...tained attempt to link Islamic kingship with the...tradition. The Iranian empire of the Buyids however...eastern parts of the empire, were the personal...been exposed to Islamic civilization, and...

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Journal Articles on: islamic empire

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The Succession to the Caliph Musa Al-Hadi

Journal article by Richard Kimber; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001

Subjects:

Arabs and Islam--History, Harun al-Rashid--Political activity, Islamic Empire--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Abbasid.sup.subset Call to al-Rida," in The Islamic World from Classical to Modern Times...Slaves on Horses: The Evolution of the Islamic Polity (Cambridge, 1980), 180. (10...Al-Tabari: the Early Abbasi.sup.subset Empire (Cambridge, 1988-89), 2: 165. (70...
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Evidence in Ottoman Courts: Oral and Written Documentation in Early-Modern Courts of Islamic Law

Journal article by Bogac A. Ergene; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004

Subjects:

Courts, Islamic--Analysis, Islamic courts--Analysis, Islamic law--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...successors of the Ottoman Empire, still waiting to be used for research on Islamic legal practice. (3) In this...Adjudicating Family: The Islamic Court and Disputes between...and Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Legal Practice and Dispute...
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Iraq, Secured Transactions, and the Promise of Islamic Law

Journal article by Mark J. Sundahl; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

Foreign investment laws--Evaluation, Foreign investments--Evaluation, Foreign investments--Laws, regulations and rules, Islamic law--Influence, Secured transactions--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...set forth in the Majalat Al-Ahkam Al-Adliyah (hereinafter the Majalla), an elegant codification of Islamic law that was adopted by the Ottoman Empire as its Civil Code in 1877. (40) As will be elucidated in the following sections, despite the common...
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Three Meanings of Islamic Science: Toward Operationalizing Islamization of Science

Journal article by Adi Setia; Islam & Science, Vol. 5, 2007

Subjects:

Book publishing--Research, Cambridge University Press, Islamic Texts Society

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...both on medicine. For Egypt, a study that comes to mind is Peter Gran, The Islamic Roots of Capitalism: Egypt, 17601840 op. cit; for India, Zaheer Baber, The Science of Empire: Scientific Knowledge, Civilization and Colonial Rule in India (Albany...
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Islamic Calligraphy

Journal article by Francis Richard; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Islamic Calligraphy (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...was in use during the nineteenth century, and in the Ottoman Empire some of the earliest printed works by Ibrahim Muteferrika...In the sections covering the various historical periods of Islamic calligraphy, the scheme of the book is quite conventional in...

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Magazine Articles on: islamic empire

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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

...That of the Related Islamic Dynasties of Iran...Muslim gunpowder empires; the Safavids, 1501-1773...to reconquer their empire. But generally, the...Orientalist view of the Islamic world. First, their...Richards, The Mughal Empire: New Cambridge History...Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India...
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Islamic Fundamentalism Is Not a Threat to U.S. Security

Magazine article by Leon Hadar; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 122, November 1993

Subjects:

Iran--International relations, Islamic fundamentalism--International aspects, Middle East--International relations, United States foreign relations--Middle East, United States--International relations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Iran is intent on spreading Islamic radicalism and creating a huge...55,000,000, Iran is a mini-empire where a small Persian majority...political model exists. There, the Islamic Renaissance party, banned in...that a wave of pro-Iranian Islamic fundamentalism would engulf...
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The Clash of Civilizations? Islamic Totalitarianism Constitutes an Ideological Threat, as Marxism-Leninism Did during the Cold War

Magazine article by Douglas Streusand; World and I, Vol. 18, July 2003

Subjects:

Al-Qaeda, Islam and politics--International aspects, Islam--History, Islam--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects, Islamic history, Khomeini, Ruhollah, Ayatollah, Muhammad, Sayyid Qutb

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...consistently throughout Islamic history; the Nizari...In some cases, empires were conquered by...structures of the Islamic world but the cultural...era, three Muslim empires, the Ottoman, Safavi...ways" of the early Islamic empires did not represent...
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Bolshevism in a Headdress: Islamic Fundamentalism Has More to Do with Hatred of the West Than with Religion

Magazine article by Mustafa Akyol; The American Enterprise, Vol. 16, April 2005

Subjects:

Islamic ethics--Analysis, Islamic fundamentalism--Analysis, Muslims--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...triumph. They created a vast empire and gained military and political...might and sophistication of the Islamic world was severely shaken in...West, and in World War I their empire was finally destroyed. Muslim...Muslim world, which triggered islamic radicalism. Europe has turned...
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Islamic Intolerance

Magazine article by Ibn Warraq; Free Inquiry, Vol. 13, Summer 1993

Subjects:

Fanaticism--Religious aspects, Islam--Catechisms and creeds, Islamic law--Religious aspects, Religious life--Islam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Marlowes play. As Rene Grousset put it in his Empire des Steppes, in Timur we had a symbiosis...Henceforth, officials throughout the empire were obliged to publicly confess their...suffered similarly. As the story of Islamic intolerance moves to modern times, it...

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Newspaper Articles on: islamic empire

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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Believes Plan Is to First Establish Islamic Empire, Then Strike. Byline: Jay...United States and establish an Islamic empire before targeting Israel. This...maintain close links with Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, two groups...
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Lynagh Cruises to Glory

Newspaper article by Alasdair Ross; Sunday Mirror (London, England), May 10, 1998

Subjects:

Islamic Empire

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library
3.

Rugby Union: Hill Walks Tall for Cardiff

Newspaper article by Kevin Lyons; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 13, 1998

Subjects:

Islamic Empire

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

...rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all moderate governments in the region and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia," he said. "Some might be tempted to dismiss these goals as fanatical or extreme...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the 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...floors of palaces and mosques in the Islamic diaspora. They also were studied...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: islamic empire

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Umayyad

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...as the caliph, making Damascus the capital of the Islamic empire. His efforts concentrated on strengthening his rule...based territorial conquests. The expansion of the Islamic empire led to the emergence of a substantial class of non-tribal...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...constitution, which provided for a federal Islamic republic with two provinces (East and...previously been denied the vote under Islamic strictures was elected. A treaty with...1974, prior to the start of a world Islamic summit conference in Lahore. In the mid-1970s...
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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...branch consists of the 290-seat Islamic consultative assembly, or parliament...description of the Persian Empire, see Persia . Some of the...anniversary of the Persian Achaemenid Empire of Cyrus the Great with an...was strongly denounced by the Islamic clergy, headed by the Ayatollah...
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Mughal Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal empire (1526 1857). This new style combined elements of Islamic art and architecture , which had been introduced...The new city became the capital of the empire, but in 1585 it was abandoned. Under Akbar...
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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...establishment of the Mughal empire in the 16th cent. In the 18th...The Afghanistan War and Islamic Fundamentalism In the late...popularly called mujahidin ("Islamic warriors"), were active in...late 1994 a militia of Pashtun Islamic fundamentalist students, the...

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